Be Optimistic, Libertarians!
The right to own property is as essential a negative right as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the freedom of self-defense. As a negative right, it exists only in a universe where utilitarian legal positivism has not yet grown substantial roots. The U.S. left that universe long ago, but is due for a deeper, darker turn down the path from freedom by the end of the month. Behold: