Private Property Initiates Force
The cornerstone of radical libertarian thinking is the idea that private property does not initiate force. Consequently, the radical libertarian believes that he or she can simultaneously believe in private property while opposing the initiation of force. But since private property does in fact initiate force, radical libertarianism must either be rejected or at least be grounded on some other principle.
posted by modlib at 10:18 AM
2 Comments:
My goodness. You may be the first person claiming to be a libertarian that I've seen say this rather obvious fact.
After reading through your first 6 posts, I wonder why you bother to think of yourself as a libertarian. Is it just sentiment? Is there any reason you're not simply a liberal who values liberty slightly more than some others?
My libertarianism is more like classical liberalism, the individualist creed preached by Mises, Hayek, and the other Austrian economists. Hayek especially influenced me by his opposition to "constructivist" creeds with which the adherent claims almost perfect advance knowledge about how a society should be organized.
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