The Glade 4.0

Law exists, or is created.


The foundation of law is basically dispute resolution alternative to arms. Hence, theoretically in a libertarian or rights-based republic, government exists to protect rights by "mediating" disputes. Which disputes they mediate depend upon what is in their jurisdiction.

Local municipalities -> Individuals
State -> Local municipalities
Federal -> States.

The problem is that they're all trying to 1) "mediate" at the individual level (i.e.: expand their jurisdiction, gaining more authority or "power") and 2) do more than simply "mediate."

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Do you own yourself?

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

No, not in the same sense that you own land or other material things. I can't transfer my thoughts, feelings, subjective experience of the world, etc. to another person, hence my "self" lacks a key element of property/ownership - alienability.

You absolutely can transfer those things. Hence "intelectual property".

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

IP is still a product created by my mind, not my mind itself. Selling IP is similar to selling a table I built with my labor - in each case, you bought something I made; you didn't buy "me". Even slavery isn't selling my "self"; it's only selling my body. Basically, the only way for me to truly transfer my "self" might be if we develop some technology that enables another person to both experience and control my every thought, emotion, and subjective experience of the world in real-time, 24/7. And depending on your religious/philosophical view of what constitutes the "self", even that might not qualify as a true transfer of a person's essence.

As far as I can tell, your "ownership" of yourself is limited, because there are other things in the world that restrict your use of yourself.