Cykros on Nostr: Stirner's quote is why anarchist socialists and capitalists will perpetually be ...
Stirner's quote is why anarchist socialists and capitalists will perpetually be running around in a circle with valid points on all sides. Property is that which everyone agrees it is more harmonious to leave where it is than it is to take. Once you get rid of codification, it's either enforced only with violence or secrecy, and when it comes to physical items, secrecy gets harder and harder the bigger something is.
Non-aggression only really can be purely adhered to when nobody is left without the bare minimum of necessities -- if minimal food, water, and shelter become scarce, it's no more just to allow your family to die of deprivation than it is to kill another's so that yours may live.
Thankfully, humans usually have the option to cooperate, so that we can all be more prosperous together. But libertarian doctrine is a map that cannot be said to perfectly reflect the territory of any possible reality. Without the forceful assertion that "this is mine" one cannot have any property -- it is the fire in our forges that allows us to build prosperity that can, when managed properly, minimize the unrestrained fire of wanton looting. The just goal, then, is to ensure that our forges are built in such a way to keep that fire contained. Sometimes, you protect against looters with armed guards; sometimes, it's more efficient to hire them, so they needn't resort to looting. Wisdom lies in knowing which course is right for the situation at hand.
Non-aggression only really can be purely adhered to when nobody is left without the bare minimum of necessities -- if minimal food, water, and shelter become scarce, it's no more just to allow your family to die of deprivation than it is to kill another's so that yours may live.
Thankfully, humans usually have the option to cooperate, so that we can all be more prosperous together. But libertarian doctrine is a map that cannot be said to perfectly reflect the territory of any possible reality. Without the forceful assertion that "this is mine" one cannot have any property -- it is the fire in our forges that allows us to build prosperity that can, when managed properly, minimize the unrestrained fire of wanton looting. The just goal, then, is to ensure that our forges are built in such a way to keep that fire contained. Sometimes, you protect against looters with armed guards; sometimes, it's more efficient to hire them, so they needn't resort to looting. Wisdom lies in knowing which course is right for the situation at hand.