Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Stalking is a crime

If you are using something, then how can it be used by others and so then are property rights redundant? If a person shields a portion of land from use by others, so that they are able to harvest the crops, is that land being used by them, the person who shields? Not really...

Property rights would (then) be better managed if there is a cost to owning property, so that others get access to resources more cheaply. It might even be better if there are no property rights at all since people would, by nature, move away from areas that are heavily populated. Stalking is a crime because it is damaging to the victim as a result of the psychological harm caused; being annoying (with no choice to leave) is a crime.

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