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    It is not the case that If property institutions generate coercive power asymmetries, they affront the very agency they purport to secure for non-owners.

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    • 1.Non-owners gain agency through property institutions: enforceable contracts, theft protection, inheritance rights, and market participation all depend on these systems.
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    • 2.All social institutions create asymmetries; the question is whether they improve overall agency. Property enables coordination that expands non-owners' effective choices.
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    • 3.Reciprocal exclusion rights are neither necessary for agency nor desirable; my non-ownership of your home doesn't diminish my agency compared to a propertyless state.
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    • 1.Property rules backed by state enforcement create asymmetric power: owners can exclude non-owners, but non-owners cannot reciprocally exclude owners.
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    • 2.Meaningful agency requires capacity to refuse domination by others' unilateral choices. Property asymmetries allow owners to determine non-owners' material options.
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    • 3.Systems that secure some people's agency only through restricting others' agency are self-undermining; they deny the premise (universal agency) they justify themselves by.
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