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    It is not the case that If both equality and self-ownership are violated under unregulated markets, the supposed conflict dissolves into a question of which institutional arrangement best honors both values simultaneously.

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    • 1.Redistribution itself violates self-ownership by taxing earned income without full consent, merely inverting the problem.
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    • 2.The claim assumes equality and self-ownership are compatible values, but they may be fundamentally in tension regardless of institutions.
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    • 3.No institutional arrangement can simultaneously honor both; any attempt privileges one value's conception over the other's.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Unregulated markets allow wealth concentration that undermines equal political voice and opportunity, violating equality.
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    • 2.Self-ownership requires freedom from coercion, but poverty can coerce choices as effectively as direct force.
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    • 3.Mixed institutions combining markets with redistributive safeguards can preserve both voluntary exchange and fair starting conditions.
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