Monday, August 14, 2017

i mean, you don't think property rights exist somewhere out there in the ether, do you?

a "property right" is a law passed by an oligarchy, and enforced with a gun. the term is older than orwell, but it's an incoherent contradiction in terms. proudhom deconstructed this well - for if you have property then you are infringing on the rights of others, and to uphold the rights of all is to abolish property. property rights are neither freedom nor theft but truly impossible, and the only outcome of a system built on property rights is an oppressive dystopia.

but, the basic point is that property can only exist in the presence of government. there really isn't a substantial difference between these concepts; government and property are largely the same thing. and, the so-called ancaps that wish to suggest otherwise are really just living in a fantasy reality.