[vidarh]

> On a related note: Stop intervening in what people do with their property, and you'll have a free market.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it when your neighbour decides to open a sewage processing plant.

[VMG]

Zoning and contractual guarantees of environmental standards on your property are fully compatible with free trade.

[xg15]

Contractual agreements with whom?

[VMG]

With whoever you purchased your land from.

[sukulaku]

With whatever parties happen to be involved. No one knows, because those circumstances don't currently exist anywhere on the planet.

[aninhumer]

If you're talking about the environment, then everyone is involved.

And we have a name for contractual agreements with everyone in a society. We call them "laws".

[sukulaku]

> And we have a name for contractual agreements with everyone in a society. We call them "laws".

Except that no one asked us if we agreed. Without mutual agreement, there is no contract. In reality, laws are commands that we're punished for disobeying.

Tell me, what's the practical difference between getting punished for disobeying a King's or Emperor's law, and getting punished for disobeying a law written by politicians or bureaucrats somewhere?

Then there's the problem that governments don't actually adhere to their own laws anyway. NSA's surveillance is unconstitutional. That's not a problem for them, but if you disobey laws, you will be punished one way or another.

Who do you think you're kidding?

[aninhumer]

>Except that no one asked us if we agreed.

And in your world, no one asks if we agree to property rights.

[tankenmate]

The law of Torts...