'The protection of private property by government is authoritarian.'
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by metric on 2006-07-08 22:38:39As much as I support John Lock's "Life, Liberty, and Property" stance on government responsibility, I think I'm deviating on this issue. Wherever a government applies force to solve an issue, it is authoritarian. In this case, governments have used force to establish the notion of private property. In a way this is similar to intellectual property. If it wasn't for the government, it wouldn't exist... therefore authoritarian. Now hold on... I support enforcement of private property. Yes, I admit, I support a government that is a bit authoritative. There would be no need for government otherwise. Now the question is how authoritative should a government be?
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title: 'devil's advocate'
text: 'As much as I support John Lock's "Life, Liberty, and Property" stance on government responsibility, I think I'm deviating on this issue. Wherever a government applies force to solve an issue, it is authoritarian. In this case, governments have used force to establish the notion of private property. In a way this is similar to intellectual property. If it wasn't for the government, it wouldn't exist... therefore authoritarian. Now hold on... I support enforcement of private property. Yes, I admit, I support a government that is a bit authoritative. There would be no need for government otherwise. Now the question is how authoritative should a government be?'
tags: metric,liberty,property,authoritarianism,politics,philosophy
date: 2006-07-08 22:38:39
submitter: metric
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