What is property?

[gotlucky]

Minarchist,

In the other thread, I made this very polite post that you never responded to. Since you hate reading threads, I will repost it for your own ease:

@gotlucky

In A LIBERTARIAN THEORY OF CONTRACT: TITLE TRANSFER, BINDING PROMISES, AND INALIENABILITY, Stephen Kinsella provides an argument for certain inalienable rights. It is in the section Clarifications and Applications towards the end. The whole essay is interesting, but you probably don’t have to read all of it in order to understand his argument. Anyway, he brings up many of the criticisms you have put forth, and he explains his reasons for certain inalienable rights. He explains his theory more in depth than Rothbard, and he considers his theory to be different than Rothbard’s.

As I just said to Autolykos, Rothbard does include the body in the will, so Rothbard does consider the body to be inalienable property just as Kinsella does (even though Kinsella is critical of Rothbard’s theory regarding the will). I don’t think Rothbard’s theory has the problems that you and Kinsella claim, I think that Kinsella explains it better and more in depth.

But for some reason, you decided that this post lacked substance, as you have stated that you would only respond to my posts if they were “substantive”. So, you can continue to argue only against Rothbard’s arguments, or you could broaden your horizons and read other arguments against “voluntary” slavery. I won’t hold my breath.