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RE: The paradox of being “anti-capitalist” in a capitalist society
That'd depend on what they agreed on before they ordered the pizza.
You certainly shouldn't be compelled to defend him (unless you've previously agreed to).
We're just as much about consent as we are about private property (since you own yourself its kind of the same thing).
That respect for consent extends to people consenting to bad deals; like the guy who sells his grandmother's old wedding ring for a hit of heroin.
He's an arsehole I wouldn't want to associate with; but assuming the ring is his, the transaction is between him and his dealer.
Nobody else's business.
I’m ok with the idea of self ownership as a practical understanding and if you think it’s best to organize society according to this idea, I can really respect that. I can only see it as a practical understanding though, an attempt to create some kind of social order. I can’t see any fundamental truth in the idea of self ownership, as in my eyes ownership is a human concept that doesn’t exist in nature. I can certainly agree with it more than any idea that the state owns me or my work.