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You don’t need a state to enforce property rights. Humans do that all their own. Humans defend—and invade—land they wish to occupy. If such notions as private
by pgayed 6y ago
You don’t need a state to enforce property rights. Humans do that all their own. Humans defend—and invade—land they wish to occupy.
If such notions as private property emerge, I reckon it’s because the benefits of the idea are greater than the blood costs of defense.
It’s wishful thinking descendants of families who died over, negotiated, settled and established a history in a particular terrain—no matter how unfairly acquired—will relinquish it without force.
What makes the family homestead valuable are the costs incurred to keep it.
- pmiller2 6y agoThen what prevents me from coming and making a "private exchange" of your life for your stuff? I dig a deep hole somewhere. I incurred significant costs to do so. Is that hole now valuable?
- pgayed 6y ago> a "private exchange" of your life for your stuff? What stops you from attempting that now? Consequences. You're assuming you would not also be putting your life at risk attempting to do so? (I'm not talking about state enforcement or punishment. We are all free to protect ourselves.) As for your "deep hole", note I said the homestead is valuable because of the costs incurred to _keep_ it.