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OrphanWilde comments on Why capitalism? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 08 May 2015 01:24:27PM 0 points [-]

Actually, you shifted arguments, and I permitted it in that case, but nice attempt to try to berate me for what you've been doing all along. But at any rate, at this point I must conclude discussions with you can't be productive, because as soon as you realized I wouldn't permit you to change the subject and pretend we were having the same discussion, you instead resorted to petty debate tactics. Good day.

Comment author: Jiro 08 May 2015 02:58:05PM *  0 points [-]

The only reason you can or cannot own land in the first place is that government has asserted that land is something that you can own, and will protect your claim of ownership by force.

I didn't change the subject. It's right up there.