Property and ownership imply the right to trade with others. Market is a word people use to describe the conditions of trade. Conditions under which people are allowed to trade with each other without interference are known as a free market.
Tag: scarcity
Maybe Anarchism is Capitalism and Communism
Maybe anarchism, the political philosophy of rulerless society, is capitalism and communism. Hear me out.
Innumeracy, Territorialism, Organized Lying
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David Hume, Spooner Quote #19, Context
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Property under Voluntaryism
“One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing sporadically, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. We live in a world of scarcity. There is a seemingly infinite amount of demand for a seemingly finite amount of resources. The same resource can’t be used at the same time by different users. If it could,…
Words Poorly Used #64 — Post-Scarcity
On the day that Cate Blanchett calls me on Skype to propose marriage, I will reconsider the concept of post-scarcity. Kilgore
On Positive Rights
I read something recently that contained within it the perfect argument against positive rights. It was this: “Imagine two socialists on a deserted island, both demanding the right to education, healthcare, and basic income.” Positive rights are those which require the use of coercion by some over others, such as each of these. Clearly, such…
Morality and Voluntaryism
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Morality is an idea that can be confusing. To some, morality is whatever their god says it is. To others, morality…
On Argumentation Ethics
I understand that Hans Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics as not saying that self-ownership is true, rather, that anyone arguing anything accepts self-ownership as true by their “performance.” To argue against self-ownership is then a performative contradiction, but only for the one doing so. And if you have a desire to “get along” with others and to…
Dogma and Win-Win Theory
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…