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@ Katja Lutz
2025-02-05 09:01:38
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Great talk on the ethics behind libertarianism/anarchism! One often forgotten thing I was hoping would be mentioned is the fundamental question of "What is property?".
Capitalist libertarians tend to assume that there is a simple transaction behind all property, e.g. "I buy a piece of land, so now the land is mine".
But who gave that plot of land to the very first "owner"? Nobody. Everything started without a transaction. Neither did the original "owner" have a god given right for said property, nor does anyone who buyed it from him, or from future "owners". That whole historical chain of transactions is based on a lie. Truth is that the original owners "owned" it because they were able to defend it with force, or take it away from other humans with force.
Property is fundamentally not based on transactions, but on respect. If there is no respect, there cannot be property.
This also answers the question from the video regarding a land-owner denying access to water on their "property". In that moment they loose all respect and most likely will have to use force to gain it back. The starving human being, on the other hand, has every right to fight for a sip of water.