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  • Re: What is property?

    To try to answer the OP's original question, property is a behavior. It is a way that an animal behaves with regard to other animals or objects in the world. Furthermore, anything can be considerred property (someone or something can act like they own something) so long as they have the ability to enforce it. For example, we are all owned by the
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by acft on Sun, Jul 15 2012
  • Re: How to maximize damage to states

    Auto said: I'd say that the Minerva Project actually did two things wrong. First, they didn't invest in any weaponry. Second, they explicitly notified neighboring states about the new "Republic of Minerva". It was that explicit notification of "independence" that led to a conference among the neighboring states where Tonga
    Posted to General (Forum) by acft on Mon, Jul 9 2012
  • Re: Alternatives to Intellectual Property

    There is a section in this article that deals with IP and some alternatives.
    Posted to Economics Questions (Forum) by acft on Mon, Jul 9 2012
  • Re: A Redefinition of Terms in the Anarcho-Capitalist Paradigm

    But the question Anarcho-capitalists aim to resolve is "How will things be?" (as a result of individuals acting in the absence of a state monopoly on force? As an acncap, I don't agree that this is the fundamental question ancaps try to resolve. First, you are making many generalizations about what ancaps want or think that are not necessarily
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by acft on Sun, Jul 8 2012
  • Re: The Police Brutality/Aggression Thread

    Are you cookin in here? I smell bacon. Cop abuse Video.
    Posted to Current Events (Forum) by acft on Sat, Jun 30 2012
  • Re: Liberty is not the ultimate value

    Anome said: " And that is the question of being over-powered. When one overpowers another, they put the overpowered in a state of utter helplessness where that person can do anything to them, up to and including killing them. Putting someone in an overpowered state gives you life and death power over them. This is why the woman being raped can
    Posted to General (Forum) by acft on Thu, Jun 28 2012
  • Re: Obamacare

    Source:http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/supreme-court-issue-obamacare-decision-135554880.html "A footnote flagged by SCOTUSblog's Amy Howe explains the reasoning further . "Those subject to the individual mandate may lawfully forgo health insurance and pay higher taxes, or buy health insurance and pay lower taxes. The only thing that
    Posted to General (Forum) by acft on Thu, Jun 28 2012
  • Re: Liberty is not the ultimate value

    Auto said : " ACFT , did the thief deprive his victim of all of his rights? If not, then why does the thief nevertheless deserve to be deprived of all of his rights in response (by killing him)?" Because he initiated aggression. For the sake of looking at the principle of aggression, and whether or not one should tolerate it, let us assume
    Posted to General (Forum) by acft on Wed, Jun 27 2012
  • Re: Liberty is not the ultimate value

    Mustang said " But shooting the thief could permanently and easily solve the problem." Yes, do it. Why am I concerned about the rights of a theif? Defense of their "rights" seems to me like defense of aggression.
    Posted to General (Forum) by acft on Wed, Jun 27 2012
  • Re: Rand Paul...

    Andrew Cain said: "If that is your new definition of the harm principle then it is just another name for the NAP. Before you said just physical harm to a person. " The entire time I have been making references to the article I linked to. This is the definition right at the top of the article: Harm Principle : Activities are permitted so long
    Posted to Current Events (Forum) by acft on Sun, Jun 17 2012
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