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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:57PM (#14080950)
> debt requires violence

Any kind of property requires violence to exist. If I say "this is my land" and you disagree, the only way I can enforce my claim is through violence. Debt is just a specific case of a general phenomenon. (This applies to communal property, too.)

> Before the US destroyed Libya, it had the highest GDP in Africa

Do you have a source for this? I see Libya's GDP circa 2005 at $41 billion (in 2005 U.S. dollars) [1]. South Africa's 2005 GDP was $260 billion in current U.S. dollars [2] (bit over $200 billion in 2005 U.S. dollars [3]).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Libya

[2] http://data.worldbank.org/country/south-africa

[3] http://www.usinflationcalculator.com

Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by djsumdog on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:29PM (#14081231)
Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:57PM (#14081466)
You are correct in Libya having the highest African GDP per capita before 2011 [1]. Granted, Libya's economy is more similar to its oil-producing peers in the Middle East and North Africa.

The debt motive for the invasion makes little sense. American banks made more money on Ghadaffi's Libya [2].

[1] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/business/dealbook/libyan-...

Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by njitram on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:39PM (#14081310)
As context, that website is said to be a proponent of conspiracy theories (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Chossudovsky#Centre_for...)
Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by sheepdestroyer on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:17PM (#14081131)
Property is theft already if you believe Proudhon.
Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:28PM (#14081222)
And why should I believe Proudhon?
Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by muro on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:15PM (#14081115)
Maybe per person