An individual coerced by society from material ownership is a slave.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 5:03 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [Chris]
> Today I am forced, by the power of coercion, to be a part of the capitalist
> system.
>
> [Arlo]
> True. You can "drop out" and disavow material ownership, but you are still
> regulated by the police at the social level who enforce material ownership
> for
> others. For example, you can say "no one owns the lakes" all you want, but
> you
> can't swim in them if society allows others to own them.
>
> Conversely, in a Marxist society, you can shout "I own this lake" all you
> want,
> but no police will arrive to keep others from swimming in it. And if you
> take
> it upon yourself to prevent others from freely using "your" lake, then you
> would be locked up in the same way the Marxist would be locked up for
> daring to
> swim in someone's "private lake".
>
>
>
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