The Philosophy of Liberty: Property

http://www.f4fs.org Who Owns You? Does anyone other than you have the right to tell you what you can do to your body, or with your property? This video explores the fundamental concepts of Frederic Bastiat and John Locke on the issue of individual liberty and ownership of person and property.

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[tauren2005]

I agree that a person has sole ownership of his/her body. But, the idea of owning natural resources does seem kind of immoral to me. The Native Americans were driven onto reservations because of the European idea of property. Native Americans had no concept that someone could "own" the land and put fences on it and say, "This is mine!" Then, the Europeans would trick them into selling their lands and write a piece of paper (a deed) and act like it had the authority of God behind it.

[DrFruedienslip]

@mortalisk That makes sense because materialism is based within the physical mediums of human extensions made in the image of human vanity' taxation is definiately against a persons rights to property which truly questions there ever having been a true constitution being predicated within the the true physics of the relationship in what we all know' however have a difficult time articulating'

[mortalisk]

@jrsampson2000 Sorry, I didn't understand that.

[mortalisk]

@AquaKire Say you go in to the forest, find some wood, and make a bench for yourself in the expectation that you will be able to use it. Now comes a guy who says. "No no no, that bench there belongs to me, because I need it more than you". He threatens you into handing him the bench. How is this not a violation of your person? How does this differ from taxation? Are you likely to feel free to make benches for yourself when this is likely to happen again?

[hieronomy]

@chewbaca1989

What are the similarities between corporate structure and the " communist " apparatus of elites ? Dachas vs.

penthouses . The commnuist elite had Isvestia , Pravda , the corps have Fox. The Comms had military and

police power , the corps have the Patriot act ? The corps reward their lackey , errand boys , front men/women ,

whats that Gov of Wisconsin ?

[ldhbeldin]

states don't have rights, people have rights. nobody seems to get this concept.

[derekorz2000]

I TOTALLY AGREE now if the government would also understand.

[RV56]

The solution Locke came up with was this: The people being free and equal had voluntarily agreed to not be free and equal! The fact that the aasgards were rich and powerful and every day in control of the work of the rest of the people was the result of free agreements, and the bulk of these agreements had been met in ancient times that no body remember.

[RV56]

After the asgaard had defeated the old rulers, the giants, they were faced with a problem. The giants had been defeated by the aasgards together with the rest of the people, and it had been declared that from now all people were free and equal!

But the aasgards wanted to become the new rulers of people and get even richer. But how could they say that all people are free and equal, yet not free and equal? The aasgards asked the cunning trickster Locke to provide a solution to this dilemma.

[Believer977]

@Dweebish1 Perhaps you have a true point, perhaps not. I am 25 years old and even if your 50.....we haven't truly had a free market in America for years (assuming your an American). Minimum wage is an impediment to a free market. Government even regulates how much a songwriter makes in royalties (of all things). It's currently set to 9 cents an album. We have a limited ability to negotiate prices for our labor, which means it's not truly a free market. That's not even delving into other aspects