Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Human rights ARE property rights

For not only are property rights also human rights, but in the most profound sense there are no rights but property rights. The only human rights, in short, are property rights.
...says Rothbard in Power and Market (chapter 6). I urge everyone to read the full context of this citation. It is enlightening.
If we consider the problem in terms of property rights instead of the vague and woolly human right of free speech, we see that there is no conflict and no neces­sity of limiting or abridging rights in any way. The rights of the individual are still eternal and absolute; but they are property rights.
...says Rothbard on the same issue in another essay. And I say: How true!