"Ownership" is not black-and-white in this space. The government (in the United States anyway) grants/auctions access to publicly owned resources (such as water

"Ownership" is not black-and-white in this space. The government (in the United States anyway) grants/auctions access to publicly owned resources (such as water, power, rail, land, the federal reserve, etc. etc.) for the purposes of creating fundamental infrastructure. How property rights for those resources convey corresponding constitutional rights of users (or other government imposed requirements, see for example insurance and healthcare) is something that is continually in tension and requires constant litigation. As distinct, say, from the twitch chat feed on my speedrunning channel.