Even today, private property is not inviolate. Society limits what you can do with your private property, e.g., dumping toxic wastes onto "your" land.
--- "Joe R. Golowka" <joeg at ieee.org> wrote:
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > How does an anarchist support welfare, anyway?
> It's a state program
> > after all.
>
> It's better then people starving. Of course in an
> anarchist society
> welfare wouldn't be needed since there'd be no
> private property.
>
> It should be noted that private property is also a
> state program
> (although the right-wingers who rant about "big
> government" will never
> admit this). Not having welfare doesn't really
> shrink the state; it
> just rearranges the state to the benefit of the
> capitalists. If we must
> have state programs I prefer those which are more
> advantagous to the
> oppressed.
>
> --
> Joe R. Golowka
> JoeG at ieee.org
> Anarchist FAQ -- http://www.anarchyfaq.org
>
> "The basic problem is quite simple. An elected
> representative is not
> tied in any substantial way to particular policies,
> whatever the
> preferences of the electorate. Influence on the
> politician is greatest
> at the time of election. Once elected, the
> representative is released
> from popular control but continues to be exposed to
> powerful pressure
> groups, especially corporations, state bureaucracies
> and political party
> power brokers." - Brian Martin
>
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