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1. Property is theft is an anarchist position. While libertarians (as you cite the Cato Institute) and anarchists have an overlap of some positions, they are gr
by Eremotherium 7y ago
1. Property is theft is an anarchist position. While libertarians (as you cite the Cato Institute) and anarchists have an overlap of some positions, they are greatly at odds in others.
2. Whenever somebody starts telling me what the Founding Fathers thought I expect some BS which is only there to support their opinion and is so lopsided that it might as well be called a lie.
- geggam 7y agoTo say property is theft is an oxymoron. Theft requires ownership. Folks who say this assume they have a right to someone else's labor aka slavery Completely nonsense in a modern society.
- heavyset_go 7y ago> Folks who say this assume they have a right to someone else's labor aka slavery If you read the article I posted, you'd see that your cursory objection is thoroughly false: > Proudhon was clear that his opposition to property did not extend to exclusive possession of labor-made wealth.
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- geggam 7y agoAll wealth comes from labor.
- icebraining 7y agoYes, the summary is missing one word: own labor.
- geggam 7y agoFair, What if I work and I give my kids the fruits of my labor and they rent it out to you. Should I not benefit from the fruits of my labor ?
- icebraining 7y agoWhat kind of fruits are we talking about? Most can't really be rented out for a long time.