Buddha believed that origin of private ownership was degradation and dishonesty. About private property, Buddha spoke in explicit words that private ownership is the source of "cheating, imbalance (weighing), cheating in measuring, bribery, ingratitude, conspiracy, assault, slaughter, slavery, robbery, looting and murder".
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,5332,0,0,1,0
... the primary activity which a Buddhist learns to develop is unselfish sharing, which forms a basis for further moral and spiritual development.
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