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Leaving my door unlocked doesn't excuse burglary. One party can make a bad deal, but that doesn't mean the other party isn't immoral for taking that deal, espe
by jwestbury 3y ago
Leaving my door unlocked doesn't excuse burglary.
One party can make a bad deal, but that doesn't mean the other party isn't immoral for taking that deal, especially when it has substantial negative externalities.
- 542458 3y agoNo, but leaving your door open with a sign that says “Anything you want, $1” does excuse people ripping you off (which is more or less what happened here, the state traded something very valuable for something comparatively worthless). I’m not saying that the farmers here are saints or anything, but at a certain point it’s at least partially the state’s fault for not trying very hard to protect its own resources.
- sparrowInHand 3y agoWell, times change, so well - laws change and society can renegotiate laws if they oppposse the common good. Nothing written in stone.
- cma 3y agoYou would need a constitutional ammendment. The Contracts Clause: The Contracts Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 10, Clause 1) > No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title ... You could still take it back with eminent domain probably, but would have to compensate I think at current value, not at bad negotiated value from some time ago.