> In the end private property is indeed theft, more exactly the imposition of someone's moral values over the other's by intrinsic force (if you "steal" you mig

> In the end private property is indeed theft, more exactly the imposition of someone's moral values over the other's by intrinsic force (if you "steal" you might go to prison or worst). What you're pointing out is a monopoly called "The Legal System": a single dispute resolution system everyone must adhere to without choice (Government/Mafia). This monopoly is often based on geolocation. Property will be inherently aggressive if one is forced to use a specific dispute resolution system. Everyone withholds stuff from others: it is 100% universal. In this way, the notion of "property is theft" can not hold because everyone (even animals) do it: consciously or subconsciously. There is then the system of dispute resolution. This defines if a particular act of withholding was an act of "theft". The combination of withholding + dispute resolution results in what we call property. Competing dispute resolution systems is really that free-market people hope for. Dispute resolution systems do not have to be based on geolocation. In fact, people form millions of these unique systems every day, freely, without resorting to monopolies or the lowest of low dispute resolution: killing one another. > The sooner we realize this the better, there's no second-guessing about it. So ya. Property in and of itself is not theft. Forcing others to use a specific dispute resolution could be viewed as the theft.