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This is basically what I thought when I read this book. Is not being able to use property to harm others control of that property by non-owners? I don't see it that way, but I never liked it as an argument against IP, either. Why is the control of others' property due to IP in the way Kinsella is talking wrong? It is clear that IF IP is wrong
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[quote user="alvagoldbook2"]Being unaccountable and tyrannical is also something virtually ALL institutions have in common. Today, the bigger threat isn't government, it's business. Corporations. The only thing that can keep business in check is government. And unlike business, government often is DEMOCRATIC, and therefore the people
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[quote user="filc"]A typical parasite is intrusive. By that I mean, the parasite entered a foreign body against the will, consentm or knowledge of the body owner. In the case of a fetus, the fetus made no prior decision to be put there in the first place. In only the case of raip is it NOT the mothers fault that the child was placed there
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[quote user="Prelude To Ruin"]I've had this problem many times myself. "Rights" seem to consist of personal preferences that people in democracy worshiping cultures believe can justly be imposed on others. A vote tends to be seen as a justification in and of itself, rather than a means to achieve otherwise justifiable ends. Of
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[quote user="Esuric"] Healthcare, like everything, is scarce; there isn't enough top quality healthcare for every single person. Stating that it is a "right" is like saying that 5 star meals are a right, or mansions are a right. The market allocates these so-called "rights," while politicians lie and claim that scarcity
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[quote user="Prelude To Ruin"]why do you want to avoid the discussion of derivations of rights?[/quote] [quote user="Prelude To Ruin"]Sadly, much of your target audience is accustomed to ten second clips on the news; anything longer and you risk losing the attention of your audience.[/quote] It was an attempt to come up with something
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I thought of this in trying to think of an argument to make to someone who thinks healthcare is a right without going into detail about derivations of rights. 1. The right to healthcare is derived from some basic sense of a right to life. 2. If this is really the case, the right not to be murdered should be even stronger right, because: a. A right to
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In my example between two people, I had them first trade properties and then give each other the property back conditionally, so that each person occupied the same residence at all times. Trying to set up the same scenario while expanding the number of people, I made that initial trade circular among all members, and then each member was conditionally
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Do you see anything wrong with a contract between the X number of people I laid out above? If not, can you enter into such a deal with no time limit? And if you can do that, does that bind you to find a buyer who agrees to the same conditions you agreed to in the contract if you sell?
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[quote user="Harry Felker"]This does not take into account for the increased purchase power, without doing such you are discounting half the reality...[/quote] Careful on that, that was my first reaction, but isn't the entire story. In the example given, increase in purchasing power cannot justify that investment, as the entrepreneur would