Freedom an only exist if every person is in 100% control of his life and property. Some propose 'Voluntarism' as a guiding principle. Galambos best expressed how to build a voluntary, property based civilization. https://i.etsystatic.com/15011899/r/il/51166e/1478646618/il_794xN.1478646618_4whr.jpg
Well, for sure this idea has merit. Ownership yields stewardship and empowerment where collectivism has caused people to neglect in ways (see Tragedy of the Commons for an example). There would have to be a sense of fairness here though, as we're very quickly ending up in a society where some non-person entity (run by secret individuals) is seeking to have ownership of everyone by grooming us to reject all ownership. Now the ownership of some is getting in the way of the ownership of others.
Then, since we're at it there is the issue when the junk from one property spills over to anothers property and how to handle that. Further, when a group bands together and all dumps their junk upon a single mans property and how to handle that. Not to pick at it too much of course, because I definitely agree with a persons ability to seek life, liberty and prosperity (as in property), but how does one ensure this carries from generation to generation. This is what I meant about the leadership or stewardship comments above.
When a society is built upon the idea that property ownership is paramount, mechanisms both subtle and direct can be implemented to prevent the things you mentioned. For example, public forums can post every reported property violation and the "property-minded many" will know to never do business with any person or company accused of violating the "Dual-Directive"
Dual-Directive:
1-Do not mess with other people and 2-Don't mess with other people's stuff.
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Imagine a person stealing a bike. When detected, the detector messages the violations forum/website about the bike theft. In a world without cops or courts, the people take swift action... by simply boycotting the accused. Suddenly, the bike thief is banned from all access to the property of others.
The first thing he will notice is that the electricity cuts off. Then the water. Utilities are businesses who have no respect for thieves. The only thing working is his phone. In a panic, he jumps in his car and finds that the street in front of his driveway is blocked by a dump-truck. Seems that the streets company has also taken charge of its property. So what’s a guy to do?
The bike thief of course wises up to his predicament, and wheels the bike out to the end of his driveway, where the agent for the victim happens to be waiting. The agent informs the bike thief that he owes double the value of the bike to its true owner plus the cost of the actions he accrued in the restitution, such as a day’s cost for the dump truck, the utility fees for shutting off and on again, the reward for the initial detector of the crime and the day’s salaries for all the people who were involved in the recovery of the property. Ouch.
Fearing complete isolation, unable to buy food or water, the thief resigns to his fate and bankrupts himself to avoid starvation. And the nest day, his story dominates the internet, and parents everywhere use him as an example for their kids of bad behavior and its consequences.
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