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He is arguing over whether we should have property rights because he apparently doesn’t believe it.

And your convoluted and unlikely analogy fails because you can’t describe why this person should be allowed to steal food others are willing to pay for. Paying for food allows the store to stock more food to feed far more people, stealing the food forces the store to stop selling food.

Why isn’t the government buying food to distribute to people in need without destroying private businesses?

If I believe in property rights and using government to distribute food to the needy, am I a lefty or a righty? Or is there some other label to demonize me with because I don’t believe all of the exact same things as you and the author?