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   Message 154,706 of 155,846   
   Noah Sombrero to user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics (1/2)   
   05 Feb 26 20:14:16   
   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 16:31:49 -0800, dart200   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/5/26 9:12 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 2/5/2026 5:54 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 21:30:14 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/4/2026 6:50 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/4/26 6:19 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2/4/2026 2:13 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2/4/26 1:43 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 2/4/2026 1:28 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2/4/26 1:15 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 2/4/2026 12:03 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/26 10:15 AM, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/2026 1:07 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/3/26 10:05 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/2/2026 11:14 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> u built a house on a parcel of land and now everyone in the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entire world   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is just supposed to respect that because???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you used resources that no one produced (land, raw   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> material) and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is therefore yours by right of violence indefinitely into the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> future???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what is reality just a giant game of finders keepers???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> u have no problem with landlords, why in the fuck do u have a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with landlords submissive to democratic input???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's always such a weird contradiction libertarians display:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no problem   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with "private" landlords, but all the problems with "public"   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> landlords...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i'm arguing with submature children tbh, freaking   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boomernomics   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could we get a little general decency up in this bitch???   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #god   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Nick, for addressing this matter of property rights   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and home ownership.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe you've not thought this through.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> You own your self, ownership of your own mind and body.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Private property is morally grounded in the right to own one's   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> own body, which extends to the fruits of one's labor.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> u are not ur property   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise, Nick, in reality you are owned - homeless.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's for your own protection - from coercion and allow you to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> make independent decisions, providing the security needed to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> live, work, and pursue your own happiness.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> yeah except most of the world is heavily limited by the rights   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> of others, and the situation is getting worse by the year   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> People have been thinking about this stuff for centuries, and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> have come up with some neat ideas.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> those people didn't live in a massive global civilization where   
   >>>>>>>>>>> the overwhelming majority of productive land has been claimed,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> with most people are trapped in nation-states they can do little   
   >>>>>>>>>>> to escape, and the population is *still* rising...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> do not add   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> words are fucking cheap   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> the reality is the vast majority of people are totally obstructed   
   >>>>>>>>>>> in action by all the property rights that has been drawn up,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> and u are deciding to stick ur head up ur asshole instead of   
   >>>>>>>>>>> addressing the fundamental contradiction of just the first   
   >>>>>>>>>>> sentence...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   > take it to the grave bro, we all know u will   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   > #god   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> individual."   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> u know how i'm sure? u even acknowledge it:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> they're so obstructed u wouldn't put this up for a global vote,   
   >>>>>>>>>>> cause obviously they'd fucking redistribute the wealth moron...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> u can wax on and on about will all you want, the reality is u   
   >>>>>>>>>>> want nothing to do with asking what people's will actually is...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> u just want to use some moral high ground as a platitude to push   
   >>>>>>>>>>> ur norms   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Speaking of moral high ground private property is morally grounded   
   >>>>>>>>>> in the right to own one's body, which extends to the fruits of   
   >>>>>>>>>> one's labor.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> i'm sorry, no one actually explained why doing labor means u   
   >>>>>>>>> suddenly get to indefinitely own the land/resources/materials   
   >>>>>>>>> involved in exclusion of everyone else on the planet   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You are supposed to read the messages BEFORE you ask questions,   
   >>>>>>>> Nick. I already explained this three times.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> You have an inherent right to eat the fruit you picked found in   
   >>>>>>>> nature.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> i don't agree finders keeps is the kind of principle we can found a   
   >>>>>>> reasonable society on. it's just school yard ethics wrapped in a   
   >>>>>>> bunch of fancy words, and that doesn't make it better...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Are you nuts?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Society and civilization was founded on the principle of, if it's   
   >>>>>> free, then it's yours. "You can pick all the fruit from the entire   
   >>>>>> garden. Then, you can retire to your place." - God   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> what worked for 2026BC ain't gunna work for 2026AD   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> We already went through this with the Diggers back in 1968. Look what   
   >>>>>> happened to them.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Almost all nations engage in some form of global trade, a few   
   >>>>>> countries officially operate under non-capitalist, socialist-oriented   
   >>>>>> systems that restrict private ownership in favor of state control.   
   >>>>>>   >   
   >>>>>>> grow the fuck up dude   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The only five countries on the entire planet that outlaw private   
   >>>>>> property:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> North Korea, China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> they didn't outlaw property right, they only gave those rights to   
   >>>>> the govt   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> and u forgot greenland, which also doesn't have property rights bc of   
   >>>>> inuit traditions. no one ever talks about greenland.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Greenlanders pay 44% taxes. All citizens of Greenland are subject to   
      
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