RE: Beyond the Capitalism/Socialism Dichotomy
Property is not theft.
I mix my labor with the land, build my house, make my garden, make goods. Even animals claim their territory.
Try sleeping in the cave of a bear :)
How is living life freely theft?
Taxation on the other hand is theft.
What is theft, if not the coercive transaction of property?
But I want to extend a hand to you libertarian socialist ( even though that term always makes me think of a vegan butchers):
Unused land, in my view, can be claimed by someone actually using it.
This is a difficult problem, no doubt, but it can be solved.
Taxation and other violent redistribution, on the other hand, can never be turned into something good.
If the tree is rotten, so will be the fruit.
Without universal ethics there will be totalitarianism.
That sort of property is just usufruct. That's not what libertarian socialists oppose. I am not a libertarian socialist. Libertarian socialism is an anarchist school of thought. I am a Georgist, social democrat, and neo-republican. What libertarian socialists oppose is the artificial sort of property known as fee-simple or allodial property, upon which modern capitalism is based. Personally, my position (Georgism) upholds fee-simple but uses tax policy to mitigate the negative consequences.
Check out my series on libertarian socialism (I used to identify with anarchism/libertarian socialism, but I do not anymore, but their critique of property is still valid):
https://steemit.com/anarchism/@ekklesiagora/property-as-theft-the-libertarian-socialist-critique-of-property-summary-anthology