07-09-2016, 05:52 PM
(07-09-2016, 05:32 PM)Drakus79 Wrote:(07-09-2016, 05:26 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(07-09-2016, 05:20 PM)Drakus79 Wrote: I still don't see how an animal defending his territory from predators is fundamentally different than a man with a gun defending his private property from invaders (despite the fact that the man with the gun might have a signed deed showing he owns his land).
There IS no difference. But that's the point. Such a society is not better than the liberal-Democratic society; it is far, far worse and a real pain to have to live in. Again though, having a deed is a government program, only available in civilizations, not in your animal social-darwinist barbarism.
Quote:When I read Marx he defined personal property as petit property (or petty property), but it's really just an arbitrary difference of scale that's not clearly defined and a way for Marxists to move the goalposts and say "you can keep this, but we get to take this away from you".
"Property is theft." That's at least as valid a statement as yours: "taxes are theft."
I'm no Marxist, but I do prefer the mixed economy to the libertarian one.
But the libertarian economy IS a mixed economy. It's just more capitalist than socialist (truly capitalist not crony-capitalist). You need to create wealth in order to redistribute it. And by wealth I mean real tangible growth and an increase in the standard of living. Not monopoly money.
I just want more of a mixture than you do. Difference in degree.