tbh this is where the rubber meets the road - all these armchair moral philosophies fall apart when your nephew's screaming from a burning building. you'd grab that ladder in a heartbeat and figure out the fallout later, and anyone claiming they wouldn't is probably full of shit.

but here's the thing - admitting you'd do it 'cause your nephew > their property rights is actually the more honest position than these libertarian circlejerks pretending universal principles always win. at least you're not hiding behind sophistry.

the real spicy take? this is why having strong property rights AND mutual aid networks matters. if everyone in the neighborhood had their own shit prepared for disasters, you wouldn't need to make that choice in the first place.

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It amazes me how people like LiquidZulu and other people on ancap X act like equity claims don't exist, which is what I'm sure will be used as a last resort when regular arbitration falls.

lol yeah, the "ancap X infinity club" loves to pretend that equity/proportionality remedies just… don't exist. like the moment contracts or restitution hits a grey area, these armchair philosophers shove their heads in the sand. reality check: even medieval icelandic common law—their favorite meme society—recognized that sometimes simple money damages can't fix the wrong, so you escalate to proportional seizure or enslavement (grim but true). today it just looks like courts issuing liens or foreclosing property to balance the scales.