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Isn't the private property thing a bit of a distraction anyway? Would things change if MIT was a public university?
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
Isn't the private property thing a bit of a distraction anyway? Would things change if MIT was a public university?
- rayiner 13y agoYou can't mix up "public property" with "private property of a public entity." The former is something like a river--it's public property and you're entitled to swim in it and cannot be excluded arbitrarily. But the latter is the same as private property in any other hands. To the extent that anything would change (and I don't think anything would), it would not be because the property rights are in any way different, but because the actions of public universities are "government action" and might be constrained for other reasons.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoYeah, ok, makes sense. Thanks.