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For example, libertarians also consider fraud to be initiation of force.  There is no individual right to be free of fraud: remember "let the buyer beware"?  Or do should we make up that right too?
 
For example, libertarians also consider fraud to be initiation of force.  There is no individual right to be free of fraud: remember "let the buyer beware"?  Or do should we make up that right too?
  
Libertarianism does not shun violence at all: it just calls it retaliation. If a starving man starts to peacefully eat fruit from a libertarian's tree, a libertarian can violently attack him screaming “My property! Mine!”
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Libertarianism does not shun initiation of force at all: it just calls it retaliation. If a starving man starts to peacefully eat fruit from a libertarian's tree, a libertarian can violently attack him, initiating force, while screaming “My property! Mine!”
  
 
Real rights, such as legal property rights, do not attempt to conceal the violence: they have obvious means of enforcement.  Philosophical twaddle from Ayn Rand can't hide this simple fact about real life.  Which is why "initiation of force" (her term) is deceptive.
 
Real rights, such as legal property rights, do not attempt to conceal the violence: they have obvious means of enforcement.  Philosophical twaddle from Ayn Rand can't hide this simple fact about real life.  Which is why "initiation of force" (her term) is deceptive.

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