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Why is this type of force acceptable?

Well, if I jump on a chair I exert force. That is acceptable.

I could do this on a human too: when you have sex you exert force on the other person. Why is this type of force acceptable? Indeed, this last brings up a question: am I exerting force by the the consent of the other person? Is force thus non-force?

The point being: Objectivism is not against anything that is labelled "force". The starting point is in the other direction: bottom-up. Start by asking what should allowed and disallowed. Then, if you label the disallowed things "force", well and good, but you still cannot express it in Newtons.

Therefore, drop the word "force" from your question and restate it thus: why is it okay to be free to sell or not sell your own stuff, but not okay to grab someone else's stuff against their will?

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