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[quote user="Stratego"]Is ownership an inherent relationship between owner and owned, or does it require a social construct? [/quote] If by relationship you mean interpersonal relationship, and by social construct you mean the contratual agreement of a group of people, then no and no. Ownership...
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So I heard the other day on Free Talk Live Radio how property owners in the U.S. basically don't own their property at all. They think they own it but when you ask them what would happen if you don't pay property tax on the property what would happen? Obviously many would say the State would...
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I spend some good amount of time on evolving the idea of property rights on water resources, especially rivers. I checked the community threads about it, but most people (even here) have fallen back on the idea having rivers treated as public property, since craving property rights on river sounds too...
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hjmaiere: People are interested in anthropogenic global warming because they subconsciously want it to be true . So they tell each other scary campfire stories, skillfully embellishing them with scientific jargon, nodding their heads in reassuring tribal consensus that something can and must be done...
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[quote user="Juan"]There are enviromental ideologues who indeed oppose human freedom. There are people who are in it for the money, for instance, the ones involved in the ethanol scam. The mass media and mainstream 'scientists' also are highly motivated by profits. And a part of the...
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Juan: I am not sure whether you want a real conversation, but given your persistence, I'm willing to take the chance. Was what your score on the Austrian quiz? Mine was 95%. Not that it's that important; it just means I have some idea of what Austrian views are. The Austrian test "answer"...
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Let's say man-made global warming is a real threat. In the abscence of anarcho-capitalism, what law would you support to address this issue? I see much hostility here toward the "social engineers" (aka most environmentalists) since none of their statist solutions would solve anything. At...
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[quote user="Nathyn"]Why should Murray Rothbard's property rights matter, but not the lives of children ?[/quote]The axiom of self-ownership is essential, for without it, there would be nothing to stand in the way of Smith's claim to own Brown. It is because Brown owns himself, and...