A question about private law

[abirkmanis]

We had at least two similar threads:

A government as the only landlord

Let me be a devil’s advocate for a moment: Suppose we see a government of a territory as the only (allodial) owner of all the lands of this territory (and all the other private and corporate “owners” as what they are - tenants). Given this assumption, what is the difference between the state having a monopoly on agression on the territory and a landlord under libertarian property rights having an exclusive right over his land (including the right to set rules of conduct for tenants)? Let’s sa…

States as corporations

Interesting idea. First, I believe that in an ancap world something like that would come to pass: most city blocks (excepting downtown areas) would come to be owned by either co-ops or by entrepreneurs who would rent out apartments to customers and require them to follow some code (hence one would be able to chose the moral restrictions in vigour in his community). But that would be quite different form a state simply because: 1) you can flee if you want, and fleeing a neighborhood is much eas…

There were a few ideas in them.