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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I understand quite well, thank you. Property law only enhances your ability to protect what you already have.
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No. Property law also allows you obtain that which you don't have, from people who may be using locks to keep it from you. Property law defines what you own without you having to use any force.
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Government uses force to protect property, but that's no more than an extension of the force you can use to protect your property without government.
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No. You're still not getting it. Property law defines what *your* property is in the first place. The ability to defend a particular piece of land doesn't make that land yours; it doesn't mean you own it. *Anyone* can use force. All you need is a gun or knife or lock or pointy stick. This isn't even limited to physical property - you could use force to beat up or threaten people who copy your intellectual property. Or to take the intellectual property of others. The ability to use force doesn't define what property is.
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That someone will come along and take your property if you don't pay your mortgage doesn't make your point. Someone can take your property with or without government.
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Some one could steal something from me, sure. But that doesn't mean that they own what they've stolen.