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In reply to the discussion: Introducing the Libertarian Democrat. Are You One? [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)But the libertarian has a radical perspective on private property that ignores certain facts. I'm talking about the land itself and not anything that someone created through his efforts. The libertarian ignores the fact that there are 2 parties involved in his claim of ownership. Himself and the rest of us. We grant his claim to have exclusive control over a piece of land, to allow or deny access to it forevermore as he sees fit. In exchange for that privilege we -- the rest of us -- might require him to pay some ongoing compensation in the form of property tax.
The libertarian ignores or rejects the two-way nature of the deal.
Furthermore, he rejects the idea that the rest of us have any right to impose any restrictions whatsoever on what he does on the land.