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The concept of entitlement that he refers to is something libertarians have thought a *lot* about, and there's quite a bit of theory around it - what types of entitlement make sense and why - if you ever wanted to read.

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A link or something would help people read

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"This means that you have to actually make an independent case for why your own theory of entitlement is correct, not just assume it in the background and thereby call all forceful actions contrary to it theft."

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But the point is that you have to actually argue independently for a libertarian theory of entitlement before you can call taxation “theft”. Just calling it “theft” and expecting everyone to agree *presupposes* a libertarian theory of entitlement

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Matt Bruenig has read more libertarian theory than most libertarians. He wrote a series of entries on important libertarian thinkers back in the day. I think Nozick made it out somewhat ok compared to others, but not quite unscathed: mattbruenig.com/2013/08/17/the

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Keep your government hands off my federal reserve notes!!