It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and waterways being notable examples. This goes to the heart of why property rights are socially important in the first place. Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.
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When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.
It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Politics is the art of the possible.
China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders.
China has no income tax, no unemployment and not a single soldier outside its borders.
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, read more
By the end, everybody had a label -- pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary ... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.
