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126 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fiat_Revelation OP 7h \ parent \ on: Revisiting "Civil Disobedience" BooksAndArticles
I agree in principle. I think there is an objective standard of freedom. transcending physical property, provided by "nature" that we can all likely agree on. This involves minimal intervervention by authority. This I think Thoreau would agree...
there are freedoms we are competed out of (freedom to use someone else’s property for example)
True, but wouldn't unhindered competition inevitably lead to a right-by-might scenario? I haven't thought this through completely, but I believe the libertarian perspective would be that governments play some role here in protecting people from the use of force.
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I mostly meant economic competition, but yes, I believe humans can resort to violence to get what they want given no easier means and the role of government, if it has one, is to have the biggest, impartial peacekeeping service in a jurisdiction.
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