Originally Posted by
Mark Le Comte
You just changed the discussion from what to do if someone initiates force to what to do if your property rights are infringed and assumed the exact same response. While the two are logically connected, is fair to assume that in its first use in this thread that 'initiates force' can be understood to be the more common usage about using physical force on your body.
We have not, on this thread at least, established that capitalism is the goal. If you want to pick holes in the logic chains of others be prepared to fully outline yours.
You cant really destroy a moral case. There are some people who call themselves libertarians who may have provided flawed examples of implementing capitalism, but that is a lot different to your statement.
You need to read a much wider body of works. Rand was far from the first person to make statements equivalent to the non-aggression principle. One example is Albert Nock, a libertarian, in "Our Enemy, The State" which precedes Rand. There are many others too.