This seems to assume that "property rights" are simply recognized by government -- as opposed to being defined or created by it.
In fact, the customary rights that predated the state were mostly communal, and modern "private property" -- in the sense of land as a marketable commodity that could be controlled by absentee owners -- was a creation of the state.
https://fee.org/articles/responding-to-reich-part-2-yes-the-government-obstructs-the-market/
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