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Originally Posted by MVW
Can you see the contradiction?
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Not at all. And believe me I have thought and read alot on this.
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I think "profound" is the wrong word to use.
No-one owns the planet, not even the government. There is no way around it. There is no perfect solution. The only way to deal with this is to be able to own your creation . ie your house
Is your more "profound" idea to allow me to walk into your home without your consent?
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I think it is more profound to realise that society and humanity is not made up of isolated, economically "rational" utility maximisers who have little real interaction except hedonistic, "rational" transactions and who are best served by always and everywhere enforcing a very sticky version of lockean property rights. To be honest I do like some American style libertarians but decentralist conservatism is more theoretically sound and insightful.
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Why do you feel the need to complicate the matter?(of course freedom isnt just property rights - freedom is the ability to do anything you want to do aslong as you dont hurt others) I own my life. I own my creation/s. Do I not?
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You do not own the earth or natural resources necessarily there is no clear cut answer at least to that from the idea of self-ownership.
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I dont think anyone or any system professes to have all the answers. Do you? :P
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Certainly not. Many American style libertarians however do seem to try to answer everything with a few deductions from the tautological axiom of self-ownership. It is all extremely dubious of course because the moment you move from the individual to nature then it gets quickly murky.