Oddbean new post about login | logout Freedom of association and freedom to travel are fundamental human rights. No one has a right to interfere with any other person's rights to travel and associate freely because they might do something to that violates someone else's rights sometime in the future. It is completely immoral to keep people from crossing borders to accept a job because they might get on the welfare rolls. In a free society people punished for what they do, not what they might do. #freedomofassociation #anarchocapitalism #libertarian
Sure, but what about crossing over the border, without means and without a job?
Public property is the source of a great many problems because supposedly everyone owns it and has a right to use it. But public property is really stolen property with no legitimate owner so there are endless conflicts over its use. In a stateless society all property would be private and people would be able to go anywhere they are welcome, they could not go anywhere they are unwanted, and no outside party could interfere with their voluntary interactions.
I mean, that I can sign onto. But then how is freedom to travel.. a fundamental human right? How will I get to your property, if all your neighbor's are disallowing me travel? And do I still have my fundamental human right if it's being denied me?
Freedom to travel means I can go anywhere I'm welcome and no one has a right to stop me. It doesn't me mean I can go into your house if you don't want me there. There are employers in the US that want to hire workers from other countries but the government prevents workers who want those jobs from traveling to where they are. This is a violation of the rights of the employers and the workers. The workers don't have a right to trespass on private property while they travel, but private roads, airports, and bus services will be happy to offer their services. If the owner of one road won't do business with Mexicans another will. If there is a need in a truly free market an entrepreneur will fill it. Government funded roads are subsidies for the automobile industry and in a free market we would have flying cars to take us where we want to go.