A provocative title for a reasonable thesis:https://www.econlib.org/you-have-no-right-to-your-culture/ …
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Replying to @bryan_caplan
If people don't have a right to collective defense of their culture, why would they have a right to collective defense of their land, resources, property, capital, or anything else? Sounds like you're arguing for might-makes-right anarchy.
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Replying to @primalpoly
Because culture is other people, so "cultural protection" is offense, not defense.
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Replying to @bryan_caplan
Your arguments are usually strong and compelling, but I just don't get this one. Culture isn't just ideas, it's also norms, institutions, coordination devices, etc. The US Constitution is part of culture. Do we have no right to defend the Constitution?
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Replying to @primalpoly @bryan_caplan
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@bryan_caplan just say that other people participating are a necessary condition of a culture, and as far as you can't control them, you can't control whether a culture changes? You can lead the people to water but you can't make them drink from your cultural well...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Taxes are part of culture. Can you make people pay taxes?
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