Let: • O(x, r) = x has rightful ownership of r • H(x, r) = x homesteaded r • T(x, y, r) = x transferred r to y voluntarily • C(x, y, r) = x coerces y regarding r • J(x) = x is just • S(x, r) = x has possession/control over resource r • NAP = Initiatory coercion against rightful owners is unjust • E = exchange • M = monetary system • I = institutional/legal-monetary framework • A = act of argumentation • P = performative presupposition Axiom L1 (Self-ownership) ∀x : O(x, bodyₓ) Axiom L2 (Homesteading) ∀x∀r : H(x, r) ∧ ¬∃y O(y, r) → O(x, r) Axiom L3 (Transfer) ∀x∀y∀r : O(x, r) ∧ T(x, y, r) → O(y, r) Axiom L4 (NAP) ∀x∀y∀r : O(y, r) ∧ C(x, y, r) → ¬J(x) Axiom L5 (Just coercion) ∀x∀y∀r : O(x, r) ∧ S(y, r) ∧ ¬T(x, y, r) → C(x, y, r) is just III. Ownership vs Possession Premise 1 S(x, r) ≠ O(x, r) Premise 2 Ownership is normative; possession is factual. Conclusion 1 Control alone is insufficient for ownership. (Formally: ∃x,r : S(x, r) ∧ ¬O(x, r)) ⸻ IV. Taxation as Ownership Recovery (State Argument) State Claim SC The state originates money → Orig(state, M) The state controls money → S(state, M) Therefore, the state owns money → O(state, M) Taxation = recovery of owned property → just coercion Libertarian Rebuttal LR • Reject (3): Origination + control ≠ homesteading • Printing ≠ homesteading of exchanged value • Therefore taxation ≠ recovery but seizure Conclusion 2 (Libertarian) Taxation = initiatory coercion → unjust V. Coercion Clarification (User’s Corrective) Premise 3 (Agreed) Coercion is not unjust per se; only unjust when initiatory. Premise 4 If O(x, r) then coercion to recover r is just. Conclusion 3 The moral status of taxation depends entirely on prior ownership. ⸻ VI. Exchange and Intersubjective Value Argument Premise 5 What is exchanged is not physical tokens alone but recognized value. Premise 6 Recognized value presupposes enforceable property titles. Premise 7 Enforceable titles presuppose an institutional framework I. Premise 8 I is monopolized and coercively enforced by the state. Conclusion 4 Exchange presupposes state-created institutional conditions. VII. Libertarian Escape: “Institutions Are Not Ownable” Libertarian Claim LC Only scarce rivalrous resources are ownable. Institutions, norms, relations are non-scarce. Therefore, I cannot be homesteaded or owned. Therefore, the state has no ownership claim over exchange. ⸻ VIII. Scarcity Reintroduction (Pressure Point) Premise 9 Access to courts, settlement, legal recognition, final discharge is: • rivalrous • excludable • territorially bounded Premise 10 Scarce + excludable → property-relevant under libertarian theory. Conclusion 5 At least parts of I meet libertarian criteria for ownability. Contradiction 1 Libertarians treat all other scarce infrastructures as ownable but deny this only for institutional infrastructure. IX. Voluntariness and Monetary Choice Libertarian Claim VC • Use of state money is voluntary • Alternatives (gold, foreign currency, crypto) exist Premise 11 Taxes must be discharged in state currency. Premise 12 Large-scale contracts, courts, accounting, wages are denominated in it. Premise 13 Refusal imposes systematic penalties. Conclusion 6 Participation is not meaningfully voluntary. ⸻ X. Performative Contradiction (Core Result) Hoppean Premise HP Argumentation presupposes control over scarce means. Denying such control while arguing is a performative contradiction. Extended Premise EP Argumentation also presupposes: • Stable legal order • Monetary economy • Enforced suspension of violence • Institutional standing Premise 14 These presuppositions are provided by I. Premise 15 Libertarians deny I can be owned or legitimately funded. Conclusion 7 (Performative Contradiction) Libertarians: • Presuppose I in the act of argumentation • Deny its legitimacy in theory Formally: P(A → I) ¬Legitimate(I) ∴ Performative contradiction XI. Exhaustive Trilemma At least one must be false: Argumentation ethics fully grounds libertarian property norms Exchange and argumentation presuppose only privately owned resources Institutional-monetary frameworks are non-ownable Participation in them is voluntary They cannot all be true simultaneously. ⸻ XII. Final Syllogism (Compressed) Syllogism All justified coercion depends on prior ownership Ownership presupposes enforceable institutions Enforceable institutions are coercively monopolized Libertarians deny those institutions can be owned or funded Yet libertarians presuppose them in argument and exchange Therefore: Libertarianism relies on conditions it cannot justify within its own first principles.