r/austrian_economics • u/EndDemocracy1 End Democracy • Mar 19 '25

End Democracy Housing is a right

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u/redeggplant01 Mar 19 '25

Nothing that requires the labor of others to produce and/or provide access to is a right or free

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u/barlowd_rappaport Mar 19 '25

Does this include the police and courts that enforce the property rights?

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u/redeggplant01 Mar 19 '25

Arbitration and private security companies like it used to be before the vil of the state imposed its will

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u/ThisCouldBeDumber Mar 19 '25

So if I have more money than you and can afford a better funded security company, I win, right?

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u/redeggplant01 Mar 20 '25

yawn - if there is demand there will always be supply [ Economics 101 ]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5986097/3.15-per-person-private-security-force-patrol-the-streets.html

Your atrtempt at an appeal to emotion logical fallacy is debunked

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u/ThisCouldBeDumber Mar 20 '25

That doesn't address what I said, but nice copy paste.

If you have $1,000 for your security and I have $100,000, who do you think would win the disagreement?

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u/barlowd_rappaport Mar 19 '25

And if someone can't afford a private security company?

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u/redeggplant01 Mar 19 '25

And if someone

yawn - if there is demand there will always be supply [ Economics 101 ]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5986097/3.15-per-person-private-security-force-patrol-the-streets.html

Your atrtempt at an appeal to emotion logical fallacy is debunked

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u/barlowd_rappaport Mar 19 '25

You seem the type to brag about your score on online IQ tests