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The Enclosure Within: The Hidden Roots of Property Theory
This is a 'bonus' episode inasmuch as it summarises the two property essays together as a unit.
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that the true origin of private property is not found in physical fences or legal deeds, but in a hidden psychological shift within the human self. This internal "inflation" occurs when a reflexively aware being converts the simple biological urge to survive into a moral claim of entitlement. By examining the transition from "I want to continue" to "I am right to exclude others," the author suggests that self-preservation is falsely rebranded as justice. This…
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