You're talking about socialism, institutional governments, etc. organic_ant is thinking about left libertarianism, mutualism, stuff like that (I think). I could say a lot more on all of the above but I'm kinda busy today. [Locke and Hobbes are great starting points for governmental theory but they aren't two sides of a bipolar coin.] organicAnt, like fuffle notes, I think this question is much more interesting and would yield better results when couched in terms of the rights of man, inherent ownership of property, the ethics of choice, etc -- rather than phraseology about birthright, which is a nebulous idea and has utterly derailed this thread.Come to think of it, even in non-capitalist systems, you're still expected to pay your way. Only difference being that you're also expected to pay the way of others as well. Any more palatable?