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Does it make a difference to you if the leadership of the country that's taking over the farm was elected by the people, or if it was a coup?
Not really. Hell, it barely makes a difference whether the people are my countrymen or aliens-- the only things I truly own are the things I can stop people from stealing. It doesn't matter whether they're stealing them with paperwork or at gunpoint... because at the end of the day, the paperwork just boils down to a more polite form of gunpoint.
I mean, what if a dictator took over but the people didn't really want him there. If that dictator then tries to nationalize your farm, is that any different than if it were a more legitimate government?
The only legitimacy a government can have is whether or not people obey its orders. If nobody obeys the order to steal my land, I have nothing to fear.