Hoppe’s failing is in making a moral and ideal argument vs a necessary and operational one. Claiming on has a ‘moral right’ is meaningless. One either can organize enough people with enough force to produce a ‘moral right’ in fact, or one cannot do so. The question then is why were some European peoples in every age able to do so and why were all other peoples in every age not able to do so?
The answer is that contrary to libertarian theory, the west is superior at the production of commons – whether commons of doing something or not doing something. Libertarianism is in no small part a marxism of common interests instead of marxism of private property.
The solution of course is anglo rule of law of the natural law which (as hayek explained) favors the production of commons which are the competitive advantage no other peoples can produce.
The question then is how to limit the production of those commons. And worse, why democratic participation should include anyone not responsible for the production and maintenance of those commons.
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Source date (UTC): 2023-12-01 12:08:23 UTC
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