[there is a video version of this article here: https://youtu.be/7F2IksW3J9g ] Liberty and property are such closely related concepts that it makes some sense to say that they're the same thing. They are different sides of the same coin, if you will. Here's why. What Liberty Is Liberty is the absence of coercion. If you don't agree that this fully describes liberty, you probably will after I explain that I'm defining "coercion" very broadly. "Coercion" here is any time someone forces something upon you against your will . [1] This could take the form of a threat (I might threaten to punch you in the nose if you don't do what I want—that would be coercion) but it could also take a more direct form (I might actually punch you in the nose). The direct violence is coercion because you (presumably) do not want to have a broken nose, but I am forcing that upon you. The threat is coercion because I am threatening to force direct violence upon yo
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