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How is property a fundamental right? (Honest question.)

• tptacek 12y ago
  So what you're saying is Net Neutrality mostly makes sense if you don't believe in property?
  • lukifer 12y ago
    Not exactly; just considering the trade-off of sacred cow vs. tasty burger. I'm not opposed to property or possessions, but I do think the burden of proof is on the believer rather than the skeptic, and our society seems to put a higher sanctity on property than on community or commons, as though it were an immutable axiom of the universe. (I'd also really like to hear a First Principle on the subject that doesn't contain "Because USSR".)
    • tptacek 12y ago
      Is there a principled argument for net neutrality that would persuade someone with a conventional perspective on property?