lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 days agoIs canceling student loan debt considered stealing?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIs canceling student loan debt considered stealing?lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
I have an economics teacher that made this claim in class yesterday. I wanted to know other people’s thoughts about it.
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoProperty has existed before laws existed to enforce it. It was enforced with violence. Stealing is still stealing even if there’s no law against it.
minus-squarerational_lib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoAnd if there was a disagreement about whose property was who’s? With no laws to settle it, it would just be determined by who grabs said property and runs off with it first. That’s indistinguishable from a free-for-all.
Property has existed before laws existed to enforce it. It was enforced with violence. Stealing is still stealing even if there’s no law against it.
And if there was a disagreement about whose property was who’s? With no laws to settle it, it would just be determined by who grabs said property and runs off with it first. That’s indistinguishable from a free-for-all.