Saturday 27 February 2010

We can defend ourselves

We are not obligated to defend the property rights of each other. Our only obligation is to ourselves. To be obligated to defend property rights is equivalent to being forced to pay taxes for protection and this is extortion. If we want to defend property rights, and be defensive this is our choice to make.

We should not be forced to defend property rights. So, property rights are fine so long as there is no element of compulsion. We can allow ourselves to be attacked, for example. It is not fair to force people to defend something which they don't feel inclined to do. We should be free to defend only that which we want to defend, that would be fine.

Property rights are emergent. People can provide their own security. We do not need to be protected. We can be autonomous.

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