Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Self-ownership is the foundation for every property right we recognize, and it provides the moral argument against slavery: if your life is yours, then your labor must be yours as well. In this clip, we explain how undermining that principle through forced redistribution, confiscatory taxation, or the idea that some people’s earnings are fair game for others weakens the very logic that makes slavery morally indefensible.
Self-ownership is the foundation for every property right we recognize, and it provides the moral argument against slavery: if your life is yours, then your labor must be yours as well. In this clip, we explain how undermining that principle through forced redistribution, confiscatory taxation, or the idea that some people’s earnings are fair game for others weakens the very logic that makes slavery morally indefensible.
