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Originally Posted by tompe
In what way is this relevant to what monopol the state should give certain persons?
If I want to get paid by the state to be at home reading books must I then be paid for my work reading books? Why should I be entitled to make a living of whatever I choose to do?
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You are not entitled to the living. You ARE entitled to attempt to sell the products of your labour for the price that you deem appropriate to ask for them, whether you are a cabinet maker or a book author. Of course, people may not wish to buy them at the price you're asking, in which case you won't make a living, but that's very different to saying that someone is entitled to take them for free.
But you know all this as well as I do.