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		jstarfish on Jan 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google’s Latest Search: What Happened to Its Bikes... Fortification has not been a prerequisite to maintaining property rights for a few hundred years now. It's called progress, and it keeps the knives of the poor away from your throat as much as it does Larry Page's.

staunch on Jan 8, 2018 [–]

Then why can't you leave $100 sitting in public unsecured with a note that says it's yours?

Taking reasonable measures to secure your property is required in practice. Not legally but definitely practically and sometimes ethically.

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