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How are water rights distributed in the Western states? I'm wondering if this is analogous to a few large plantation owners locking up great swaths of arable l
by sethg 17y ago
How are water rights distributed in the Western states? I'm wondering if this is analogous to a few large plantation owners locking up great swaths of arable land (which their ancestors acquired in good Lockean fashion after killing off the native inhabitants) and refusing to sell to a poorer entrepreneur who might use some of that property in a more useful and efficient fashion.
- anamax 17y ago> I'm wondering if this is analogous to a few large plantation owners locking up great swaths of arable land (which their ancestors acquired in good Lockean fashion after killing off the native inhabitants) and refusing to sell to a poorer entrepreneur who might use some of that property in a more useful and efficient fashion. People who use resources inefficiently eventually lose them to folks who don't. Or, were you referring to national parks?