Property rights must be democratic to be legitimate. For the state to exist and to impose property rights and claims on the people without their consent is illegitimate and authoritarian. The people have a right to hold the government to account and define property rights. If the property rights are not acceptable to a majority of the people then they have no legitimacy.
If the state fails to accept the greatest possible amount of democracy (proportional representation) then it is being authoritarian and illegitimate even if it is not actively aggressive. The mere act of defending unpopular property claims is an act of arrogance and aggression against the people. The state has no property if it is not acceptable to the people.
The state has no right to impose property claims without the consent of the people.
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