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== Enforcing Property Rights ==
 
== Enforcing Property Rights ==
 
Libertarians are in favor of private owners being able to enforce their rights.  If they endorse the [[NAP]], that includes retaliatory violence.  Libertarians think they should be able to have their own military or police capabilites or hire a company to perform them.  There are plenty of legal private enforcement agencies, from the Pinkertons to Xe Services, that enforce rights claims both domestically and between nations. So governments should be able to do the same.
 
Libertarians are in favor of private owners being able to enforce their rights.  If they endorse the [[NAP]], that includes retaliatory violence.  Libertarians think they should be able to have their own military or police capabilites or hire a company to perform them.  There are plenty of legal private enforcement agencies, from the Pinkertons to Xe Services, that enforce rights claims both domestically and between nations. So governments should be able to do the same.
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== Determine Who May Enter Property ==
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A basic aspect of property rights, and the basis of immigration law.
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== Determine What Constitutes Contract ==
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Contracts are not always written or signed.  For example, you could allow continues presence on and use of your property with or without notification of duties if the form of contract is customary.  That's why restaurants and bars can have a cover charge, and nations can charge taxes.
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== Collecting Rent ==
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Assume you are a landowner, and somebody squats on your land.  You are entitled to demand rent of the squatter on pain of legal enforcement of your right to exclude, which can include fines or imprisonment if the fines are not paid.  This is no different than taxation of somebody who enters or resides in the USA.  The US government has the allodial title, and can enforce its taxation the same as a landlord can enforce rent, even on squatters who haven't "signed a contract".
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==Taking Earnings Of Labor==
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That's the basic principle of profit-making in [[Capitalism]].  Employers take a portion of the earnings from products produced by employees.  It is a form of taxation.  Why shouldn't government do so also?  You might argue that capitalists contribute capital and organization and so deserve a cut: well, government provides defense, infrastructure, etc. and so also deserves a cut.
  
 
== Standard Form Contracts ==
 
== Standard Form Contracts ==
A common libertarian complain is: "Why should I pay for maternity care, for libraries, sidewalks, bridges I don't cross, salaries for politicians I didn't vote for?"  And the answer is the same reason you would pay for centralized heat, water, electricity, common area cleaning, landscaping, profit for the landlord, etc. in the apartment you rent.  It is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_form_contract standard form contract].  And just as you could select a different landlord, [http://critiques.us/index.php?title=A_Non-Libertarian_FAQ#Isn.27t_that_.22love_it_or_leave_it.22.3F you can select a different nation].  This is another example of libertarians saying that private individuals can practice something without complaint, but government cannot.
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A common libertarian complain is: "Why should I pay for maternity care, for libraries, sidewalks, bridges I don't cross, salaries for politicians I didn't vote for?"  And the answer is the same reason you would pay for centralized heat, water, electricity, common area cleaning, landscaping, profit for the landlord, etc. in the apartment you rent.  It is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_form_contract standard form contract] (aka adhesion contract.) And just as you could select a different landlord, [http://critiques.us/index.php?title=A_Non-Libertarian_FAQ#Isn.27t_that_.22love_it_or_leave_it.22.3F you can select a different nation].  This is another example of libertarians saying that private individuals can practice something without complaint, but government cannot.
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== Risk-Based Penalties, As Opposed To Penalty After Harm ==
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Actions that increase risks excessively can get you banned or otherwise penalized in private venues, even if no clear harm results.  Government should similarly penalize increasing risks: drunk driving on government roads, for example.
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== Contracts With Coercive Duties, And Penalties Up To Death ==
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The classic example is seamen's articles, including legal corporal punishment up to and including death, depending on offense.  Why shouldn't government have that same freedom of contract?  Voluntary slavery would be another example.  Government requiring obedience to law or conscription is no different.
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== Sharecropping On Property ==
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Essentially, that's what income taxes are like.  There are plenty of similar private practices, such as how theaters pay when they rent films, both by attendance and by sales of refreshments.
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== Renting Property ==
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That's essentially property taxes.
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== Establishing Subsidiary Rights Within A Property ==
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Malls rent rent space within their property.  Stockholders own rights to profits and voting rights.  Titles to land are subsidiary rights within the government's [[Government holds allodial title.|allodial property]].  (Ultimately, government owns the property just as the mall owner owns the rental space.)
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== Rearing And Educating Children ==
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Just as there are private schools and orphanages, so government can have schools and orphanages.
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== Building Roads ==
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Private developments can build their own roads on their property with fees assessed on residents: why shouldn't government be able to build roads in its territory with fees assessed on residents?  See: [[Roads]].
  
 
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