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>The rationale is that while you may own the land, you don't own the artifacts[...] At first I bristled a little, but given a pause to think it through, it mak
by ddingus 2y ago
>The rationale is that while you may own the land, you don't own the artifacts[...]
At first I bristled a little, but given a pause to think it through, it makes great sense!
Fact is, we as a species did not advance quickly enough to record our origins and a lot of our history. Perhaps this kind of thing always happens. Nobody knows and we have a sample size of one at present.
Our history is a shared thing by our very human condition and the nature of history.
Of course we benefit overall with policy like this even if at times a few of us feel wronged.
- mr_toad 2y agoA lot of people throughout history thought the world would end long before this because an issue. They would have laughed at the idea of preserving things for thousands of years. Maybe in another thousand years post-apocalyptic scavengers will wonder why we tried to preserve history while simultaneously destroying our future.
- landedfolk 2y ago"Owning" the land is more of a license from a government. It is a taxi medallion you trade with other people for money. Lots of stuff you cant do on your own land without permission.
- fragmede 2y agoNot to mention, you likely don't own the water or mining rights to the land you own, nor does your ownership extend significantly up, either.
- otherme123 2y agoIn Spain we have a mining law that goes as follows: I have a plot of land, but I need a permission to mine it. But if mining company X suspects my plot can be mined, they can get permission to mine my plot before I do. They can't mine it if I don't let them, but if anyone is going to mine is the company. IIRC, a few years ago some company called Odyssey that go around trying to unearth gold from antiquity, was reminded by the government that in Spain you can't do that, and every single gram of gold you find is property of the State. https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2021/10/19/616e897de4d4d8e73f8b45d9.html https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2021/10/19/616e897de4d4d8e73f... Unfortunately, our justice is painfully slow and ineficient, and Odissey got 500 millions in gold from a shipwreck due to a legal failure.