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OK, but, knowing this, how is it somehow "unfair" that you can't... what... steal this land from the people who have it now so you can drop out of society?

That seems just as unfair, but from a different perspective.

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Well, if we're talking "fairness", why is it "fair" that someone gets to permanently deny a piece of the Earth to everyone else? It's not like they made it in the first place, it's not even possible to make more. I argue that every fenced-off area incurs a debt to every citizen of the Earth.

The state possesses a monopoly on the use of force, so the only way to acquire a useful place to live is to have money or expose yourself to the state’s wrath.

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