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    It is not the case that Egalitarian arrangements such as welfare funded by taxation are incompatible with the self-ownership of the wealthy.

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    • 1.Self-ownership is only coherent against a background of legitimate property holdings, which itself requires institutional enforcement funded by taxation.
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    • 2.Nozick's own entitlement theory concedes that unjust original acquisition contaminates downstream holdings, potentially justifying redistributive rectification.
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    • 3.Wealth generated in market societies is irreducibly social in origin, making the boundary between 'earned' and 'owed' conceptually indeterminate.
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    • 1.G.A. Cohen's internal critique shows self-ownership is compatible with collective ownership of external resources, which can fund welfare without violating bodily autonomy.
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    • 2.Taxation on income from external resources and capital gains does not constitute forced labor on one's person, only limitation on unilateral claims over the external world.
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    • 1.Taxation on earnings is a form of coerced labor for others or for the state.
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    • 2.Self-ownership entails that a person must be allowed to profit comprehensively from control of his own resources without being compelled to contribute to others.
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    • 3.Welfare funded by taxation compels the wealthy to contribute their earnings to others.
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