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You can certainly have property rights without a government, they just may not be “fair” according to some definitions (of course, specific implementations of g
by baddox 8y ago
You can certainly have property rights without a government, they just may not be “fair” according to some definitions (of course, specific implementations of government protection of property rights also may not be “fair” according to some definitions).
- JetSpiegel 8y agoThat's just might makes right, there's no property there since you can take what you want. Property implies you use the state (an external entity) to enforce your rights, providing checks on individual power, not that you enforce it yourself.