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"In a libertarian view, you aren't allowed to use anyone else's property, including to dump toxic chemicals. With strong property rights, they would be forced b
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
"In a libertarian view, you aren't allowed to use anyone else's property, including to dump toxic chemicals. With strong property rights, they would be forced by the courts to completely make people whole."
Having to go to the courts for everything will always favor people and institutions with money. The little guy simply can't afford lawyers, expert witnesses and so on to challenge players with deep pockets.
We need institutions like the EPA who enforce the rules and we need them to actually do that and not be captured by industry or underfunded by politics.
- cinntaile 5y agoIt feels like people in the US have a strong distrust towards state/federal institutions. As long as that doesn't improve it seems unlikely that those institutions will be properly funded. Without trust it's better to keep those dollars to yourself.