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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted  🇷🇺 contrarian ┴┬┴ Tāylôr Ōwĕns ΛVΛV

      2/ I've explained this before, but my follower count doubled since then, so maybe time to explain it again ...https://twitter.com/anukasan1977/status/1256601897055772677 …

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       🇷🇺 contrarian ┴┬┴ Tāylôr Ōwĕns ΛVΛV @anukasan1977
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      . . . #Irony. Just sayin'. 🤣 https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1256599859060264960 … pic.twitter.com/eCqUwPJeVi
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      3/ I am not in favor of zoning laws, at least not enacted top-down by governments. However, they do exist. Property exists as an enforceable right bc government exists. Sure, sure, in a David Friedman "Machinery of Freedom" society we have competing legal service providers >

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      4/ but in the world we're in now, we have one legal service provider. So be it. Property is, and always has been, a basket of rights. Right to build. Right to farm. Right to grow food. Right to run a slaughterhouse. Right to minerals below.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      5/ ...and those baskets of rights have always been reconfigurable. You can peel off right to mine under your land and sell it separately from the rest of the bundle. You can sell a conservation easement to a non profit and still farm your land but no longer have right to build

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      6/ And into this historical system of Anglo / Common Law, in the 19th and 20th century gov stepped and started using zoning to do the same thing. Take the right of A to build up to property line, and hand it to B, so B can forbid him, and do the same in reverse.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      7/ And given that this is the system we've had in place for 100 or 150 years, every piece of property I or you ever owned has both been encumbered with restrictions and has benefits derived from restrictions on others.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      8/ So, having purchased basket of property / rights P including { A, B, C, D, E }, it is EXCEEDINGLY libertarian to defend my rights E against encroachment.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted  🇷🇺 contrarian ┴┬┴ Tāylôr Ōwĕns ΛVΛV

      9/ No, this has nothing to do with "social contract". This has to do with black letter law / a bundle of tradeable property rights. Any perception of irony really comes from a baby libertarian understanding of things, and a lack of deep study of law.https://twitter.com/anukasan1977/status/1256602944541274112 …

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       🇷🇺 contrarian ┴┬┴ Tāylôr Ōwĕns ΛVΛV @anukasan1977
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      No need for explanation, my friend. One can understand the role of social contracts in libertarianism, and still appreciate the inherent irony that comes with associations. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1256602101502877699 …
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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      10/ Given that I'm a consultant with variable income stream, I always pay my taxes 6 months in advance, in 1 lump sum (basically, 1 day after due date for previous fiscal quarter). Low risk / anti-fragile / belt-and-suspenders. https://twitter.com/SearsRowbuck/status/1256604077502464001 …

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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      11/ I'm taking my own side, and suing the code enforcers to enforce the bundle of rights that I purchased. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256605387526152192 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted (Dr. Shane OB/GYN) #jailcuomo Former GOP. PATRIOT!

      12/ Understanding things is hard. Knee jerks are easy.https://twitter.com/Gairnok/status/1256610102523629571?s=19 …

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      (Dr. Shane OB/GYN) #jailcuomo Former GOP. PATRIOT! @Gairnok
      Replying to @MorlockP
      Someone is building on their property. Wow what a tragedy, how will you ever cope Karen?
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Todd Barrett

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          Todd Barrett @thepiclord
          Replying to @Gairnok @MorlockP
          Someone agreed not to build certain things when they bought the property, and is now reneging on that agreement without justification. Huh.
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted (Dr. Shane OB/GYN) #jailcuomo Former GOP. PATRIOT!

          14/ I'm not asking for sympathy. I don't care about other people's emotions. I'm entertaining my followers by relaying a Greek tragedy, because it's fun for me...and for them.https://twitter.com/Gairnok/status/1256618534358171653?s=19 …

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          (Dr. Shane OB/GYN) #jailcuomo Former GOP. PATRIOT! @Gairnok
          Replying to @MorlockP
          okay Karen. You keep posting pics on twitter asking for sympathy. You know we love hearing about what your neighbor is doing on his property. Send more pics.
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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Camping Roomba

          15/ Yep. And more precisely, code enforcers must follow the law and not take it upon themselves to re facto do a backdoor "taking" to help out an old high school buddy.https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1256619539460210689?s=19 …

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          Camping Roomba @ctdonath
          Replying to @KekistanAntifa1 @MorlockP
          If the code enforcers are going to enforce code on me, they must enforce code on thee.
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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Arthur Frelling Dent

          16/ You are unfamiliar w NH law. Completion is not a cause for a variance & is explicitly listed as a NON cause. There is a 5 point test that variances are tested against, and they must hit every prong. This inevitable variance request likely fails 3 of 5https://twitter.com/ArthurFrDent/status/1256620067577450501?s=19 …

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          Arthur Frelling Dent @ArthurFrDent
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          Sadly, he knows he gonna win. Prolly trying to get it complete, so they will give a varience based on existance.
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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          17/ Indeed, code is not law. But law explains that code is created by voters of the town, and demands - with the force of law - that it be enforced, via certain processes and mechanism. In NH that law is RSA 672 - 679 http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/nhtoc/nhtoc-lxiv.htm … https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256637984692150274?s=19 …

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          18/ Sure. But "nuisance" and "diminished property values" are damage. This is obvious to anyone who has spent even 5 minutes reading on this topic. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256638283364384770?s=19 …

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          19/ Say what you will about popehat, but I understand his frustration with people who went to Internet Law School. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256639974692323329?s=19 …

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          20/ My guess is that the steel building does about $40,000 of damage to my property value, but I could be low. Curb appeal matters a ton. https://twitter.com/ollybot_browne/status/1256644192459202562?s=19 …

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          21/ I have no evidence that zoning laws have been held unconstitutional. Maybe this is not the opinion of Dave's Sandwich Shack, Truck Rental, and Legal Opinions, but that's ok. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256644411305463808?s=19 …

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          22/ Gosh, if only if tried that! Like, six times. Guy screamed F bombs at me for 10 minutes when I went over. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256645176740716545?s=19 …

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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Camping Roomba

          23/https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1256646130366103552?s=19 …

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          Camping Roomba @ctdonath
          Replying to @KekistanAntifa1 @_S70DD @MorlockP
          @MorlockP talked to neighbor at “string line” stage, neighbor ignored and built (on collation of enforceable code) anyway. What would you have done if neighbor ignored you and built fence on your land anyway, commandeering some of your property without permission/compensation?
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        13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          24/ It takes work to have this poor a reading comprehension, but some do manage it. https://twitter.com/JamesWatson210/status/1256647777888751616?s=19 …

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        14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

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          25/ If "purchasing rights" is nonsense, how does one acquire property rights for a specific property? Before purchase of X, no rights re X. After purchasing X, some or all rights re X. This is basic stuff. https://twitter.com/KekistanAntifa1/status/1256639974692323329?s=19 …

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        15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 2 May 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted jq78R [340-342 😴]

          26/ I used to believe strongly in natural rights re property, and I got very angry at non / anti natural rights arguments, e.g. David Friedman. Anger is often a clue. Did native Americans own land, in a way that we recognize, before 1492? 🤔https://twitter.com/Jq78R/status/1256759817617788931?s=19 …

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          jq78R [340-342 😴] @Jq78R
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          Property rights violations exist because government exists. Not the property rights themselves.
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        16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          27/ thoughts on property rights continue... it's kind of interesting that a lot of objection to my nuanced "property is a bundle of rights, and those rights can be traded and sold off, and often are" stance is from sort of trad-cons who want to get back to TRADITIONAL property

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        17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          28/ The objection is often formulated No, Morlock, a homestead / land is sacrosanct, and a man should own ALL of the rights to his land, and this modern governmental meddling this peels away "right to build in the 20 boundary" and takes it away from a man is WRONG and unnatural

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        18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          29/ It offends the same kind of people who get itchy re fiat currency or the "time debt transformation" where - as the objection says - banks pretend that money loaned out for 20 years is still usable now.

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        19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          30/ On a tangent, this allergy to complexity is a thing, where people can't abstract away from the concrete to truly understand things. As they say in coding: there are two types of people: those who understand pointers and those who can't.

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        20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          31/ ...but getting back to the core thing of "full and complete rights to land is the natural and normal and correct way to own land": no, that's not actually traditionally how land has EVER worked. That's a false retro-history. Land has ALWAYS been complicated.

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        21. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          32/ Perhaps never more complicated than in Medieval Europe. It was exceedingly rare for a man to own 20 acres, everything on those 20 acres, and nothing off those 20 acres. Instead, the norm was overlapping sets of claims. One family's land might include:

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        22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          33/ - These 20 acres - and also a seasonal right to pick berries on the adjacent 5 acres ... but not more than 1 bushel per member of family - one share in the fish harvested from the stream - firewood from the adjacent forest, but only 1 cord per year

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        23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          34/ ...but the right to the 20 acres is complicated by the fact that of every 20 bushels of wheat harvested from it, 2 bushels must go to support the local convent, and 1 bushel to the poor house

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        24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          35/ ...and speaking of the poor, the widows of the town have the right to glean the fields after harvest, so while I can grow wheat on my land, and harvest it, I can't do TOO GOOD A JOB at harvesting it

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        25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          36/ Also, as the land fronts the road, there is a levy where 5 days of labor per year must be spent maintaining the road. Additionally, attached to the land is the right to have a market stall thrive per year in the local village...but the stall can't be more than 10' tall

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        26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          37/ ...lest it cast shadow on the adjacent stalls. Guys, ROMAN CITIES has zoning laws, specifying maximum heights, limitations on use, etc. If you object to zoning setbacks as a 20th century prog innovation ... you're not nearly as "trad" as you think you are.

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        27. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

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          38/ https://twitter.com/TheAgeofShoddy/status/1257315487274295297 …

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        28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 4 May 2020

          39/ sure, sure, you can have an ideal where all rights are bundled together and not unbundled ... but that implicitly depends on either people choosing the way you want them to, or forbidding trade. Which is bad. Trade increases utility.

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