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Wow. I'm pretty sure the idea of public rights of way as a legal right of access across private property predates the entire US. That's a hell of a thing for th
by makomk 9y ago
Wow. I'm pretty sure the idea of public rights of way as a legal right of access across private property predates the entire US. That's a hell of a thing for the government to try and eradicate for the benefit of private landowners.
- mindslight 9y agoThe main function of the modern government apparatus is to divide up the commons and parcel them out for private ownership. Coase was just another power-supplicating priest.
- nickik 9y agoYour understanding of Coase is pathetic and you should be ashamed of yourself.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post like this regardless of how lame another comment was. It only makes this place worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: I'm sad to see that you've posted nastily uncivil comments before this too. We ban accounts that do that, so would you please read those guidelines and err on the side of civility when posting here?
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop using HN for ideological battle? It's emphatically not what this site is for: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mindslight 9y agoFirst, I do apologize. I've been sitting on this response, because I've been mulling over this term "ideological battle". I simply cannot see how most every comment here isn't supporting some "ideological battle". That's effectively the modern intellectual realm - information tech has caused us to go ever-more meta, seeking out deeper root causes while also increasing the need for abstract ideas to even navigate. I think the real problem with my above comment is that it is not very substantive. By skipping the several logical steps between its two sentences, the second bit comes off as a purely incendiary flame. I should have either done the work of fleshing out the narrative justifying the second bit (and then still reworded it), or have left it off completely. I'll try harder not to write comments in that mindset. And anyhoo thanks for doing what you do.
- maxerickson 9y agoIt just wasn't ever well established in the US. States generally give themselves the right to build roads though.