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Single Idea 24405

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights]

Full Idea

Anarchists are in favour of the private property which cannot be used by one person to exploit another - those personal possessions which we accumulate from childhood.

Gist of Idea

Anarchists only favour personal property which cannot be used to exploit others.

Source

Nicolas Walter (About Anarchism [1969], p.08)

A Reaction

Talk of childhood possessions ducks the problem. What is wrong with owning a house, if you don't actually exploit anyone? Can you own a car? Or a taxi? Is all renting of property exploitative? Anarchists do, of course, discuss these issues.

Book Reference

Walter,Nicolas: 'About Anarchism' [Freedom Press 1977], p.8