Stephen Boursy wrote:
Dave Hayes wrote:
Brian Davis writes:
I'm especially sorry that some of you don't believe in property rights.
I believe in them, alright. It's just that they seem to be at odds with freedom of speech. They are at odds with a lot of other things as well, but that's a different fla...er...discussion.
I believe the posession of property is a priv. to be taken away if abused. There is no such thing as a 'right' to property--in fact the very notion seems absurd.
You've just lumped all possessions into a single category. There's a valid argument against private ownership of land when ownership of that land can be (and usually is) moved from the people at large to just a few people, then eventually to dictators, etc. But are you suggesting that if I trade my labor for some material item which was built with other people's labor, and that material item is sufficiently portable that it doesn't have to occupy a significant piece of real estate (i.e., a house, a large boat), *they* should be able to take that material item away from me anyway on whatever pretext, on the basis that possession of it is a *privilege*? Is my paycheck, given to me directly for my labor just a privilege?