This short transcript excerpt captures an argument that the primary political/moral unit is the individual; protecting the individual equally requires removing "initiatory force" (the initiation or threat of force), including fraud as a passive form of initiatory force. Self-defense is described as necessary and moral, while initiatory force must be eliminated so society can flourish.
The smallest of all minorities is the individual. It's not blacks, it's not browns, it's not red and yellow or white. It's the individual. Once you protect the individual, you've protected everyone and you've protected everyone equally. So how do you protect. What's the fundamental law of protection? Removing initiatory force. What is initiatory force? Initiatory force is the initiation or the threat of force. Fraud also falls into that. That's a passive form of initiatory force as well, because you're manipulating someone through misinformation, through fraud. So these are forms of initiatory force. Now self defense force is necessary and moral, but initiatory force must be removed. That's the negative. And then things can flourish.
