Comment by streetfighter64

> I think the least useful is the one that views property as whatever government says property is.

That's not what I'm saying by a long shot either. And "intellectual property does not exist at all" is a far less useful view.

> We note that animals defend scarce territory, that toddlers are upset when something they have is taken from them, that we distinguish jealousy regarding something we have and want to keep versus covetousness of something another has and we want to obtain.

Well, do you not think this holds for ideas as well? Do you think nobody ever said "That guy stole my joke" before 1970?