No, they should not live in an empty house because it is not theirs. Squatters typically destroy the homes they occupy.
If, however, they were to take responsibility for an abandoned - not simply empty - house, and maintain it, that's something else entirely. That's taking ownership.
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Wrong. Productivity is a direct result of responsibility.
Compare the worker who gets paid the same amount no matter how many widgets he makes a day, no matter how many get rejected by QA, to the worker who only gets paid for the widgets he makes that pass QA. The former, not responsible for his speed nor his quality of work, will only do as many, and those only as good, as needed to avoid being fired. The latter, who is held responsible for the speed and quality of his work, will attempt to make sure every piece he produces is perfect, and put out as fast as possible. If the former worker is protected from being fired, his work will suffer even more.
No. Someone who
takes responsibility doesn't care about QA or whatnot. He/she will just make as good and as much as (s)he can. Some who
lacks responsibility needs QA to poke his/her ass to keep production up. The latter one being the one who will work just enough not to get fired even when QA checks his prostate every 5 minutes. The former one doesn't care about getting fired. (S)He can shit on the CEO's desk without getting into trouble. He's responsible and can find a job anywhere.