Re: Gov't NOT Coercion?

From: Ian Goddard (iam@symmetry.net)
Date: Sat Oct 25 1997 - 18:52:09 MDT


Gary Lloyd (tmethod@gatecom.com) wrote:

>>> Libertarians seem to think that they have
>>> an inherent right to property upon which a
>>> preexisting claim has been placed: the U.S.

> The U.S. is not a person, and thus has no rights.

 IAN: Does this mean you could blow up the U.S.
 but not a person? The fact is, nobody has any
 rights but the rights they claim and the rights
 others agree they have, since rights are simply
 an intellectual construct not existing in the
 objective reality apart from the ability of
 those that claim rights to enforce them. So
 perhaps you do not give rights to many
 people, only one person at a time.
 Not sure I see the difference.

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