I’m not transferring you stolen land or highways. The hens laid the eggs just days ago. — NOS4A2
Doesn’t make it not so, either. It is impossible to prove and thus nonsensical to believe every transfer of a possession is unjust. Not all of us are giving each other stolen art, colonial plunder, and blood diamonds. — NOS4A2
Come to think of it, I fully support everything you propose to be implemented as quickly as possible in the US and watch it crash and burn as a result. — Benkei
I’m not transferring you stolen land or highways. — NOS4A2
Without the possibility to prove it, it is arbitrary and therefor a procedural proposal and procedure has little, if anything, to do with justice, which is why Nozick is not taken seriously by philosophers in Europe. Kind of like a footnote to Rawls if he's discussed at all. It's purely cultural that Nozick is considered an important thinker in the US due to its outsized individualism and Nozick is just an excuse to shore up anti-social laws.
Come to think of it, I fully support everything you propose to be implemented as quickly as possible in the US and watch it crash and burn as a result.
All of that is irrelevant to our exchange of eggs. — NOS4A2
The Public Good. Is that the same as the State? — NOS4A2
Not interested in continuing until you present an argument or rebuttal of substance. Take care.
:grin: — ZzzoneiroCosm
The fact you cannot prove that all transactions throughout history are just does not entail you cannot prove that some transactions are just. Some can be proved, some cannot. Therefor it’s not arbitrary and not procedural. But I'm disappointed that all we are doing is quibbling about the word "historical". It's so trivial as to be irrelevant. — NOS4A2
1988 Movie - "They Live" - where aliens come to earth and control everyone, which has been often commented as a metaphor for how similar it is to how the uber-rich/powerful and corporations already control everything. — dclements
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