[quoteuser=“Rettoper”]
false, you only wield power over your property if your can adequately defend it. And you cannot adequately defend it unless you profitably manage it.
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There is a rift between authority and aggression. The property owner is the authority, he wields power legitimately.
Why must a property reap a profit for the land owner or else it will be pillaged? Why not simply, it is the land owners responsibility to defend it from individuals who act outside the law?
[quoteuser=“Rettoper”]
heady principles dont deter statist tanks, bombers, missiles, et al. I agree with you that private property rights should be respected – however, statist by definition do not observe our views regarding private property.
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I’m glad we agree that property ought to be respected. However you are bringing up a different argument here. I thought we were narrowing our scope to hypothetical ancap-land?
Also here is a thread I made entitled Nature of Power: Nature of Power - #4 by mahall
Nothing revolutionary but you can see where some of us are coming from and formulate a more direct objection that way.