In our not-Ancapistan world, the state manages property on behalf of the nation, and it is the nation's property that is being trespassed upon. I do agree this is a suboptimal arrangement. But given that their presence on said land also comes with additional costs that are shared across the nation's tax base, it is the situation we have.

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Oh OK so now it's "imaginary" property claims in our "real" world. Why isn't drugs then a victim-producing crime? I'm just going to "posit" that the State owns our bodies and minds, and now we're robbing the State's productive capacity by doing drugs. Bitcoin produces additional enforcement costs for the State, so let's just ban that too while we're at it.