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“The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean homesteading − some type of first use or embordering activity. Obviously, an actor must already own his body if he is to be a homesteader; self-ownership is not acquired by homesteading but rather is presupposed in any act or defense of homesteading.”

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Stephan Kinsella

Stephan Kinsella, born in 1965, is an American lawyer, writer, and free-market theorist. He is known for his in-depth research and contributions to intellectual property, copyright, patents, and free-market legal theory. more

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