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The argument tries to attempt to paint libertarians as the free riders or thieves. Don't let them do that. User fees are the price you pay for something. Taxes are a way to get some people to pay for things others use. It is them bundled with the false dichotomy of love it or leave it. Obviously improving it is a better alternative.
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"Capitalism and Communism share a flaw: although they work amazingly well on paper, in practice they break. Neither economic theory took into account human nature. Neither greed, nor any other emotion was addressed in these theories.” -Adam Smith wealth of nations 1776 showed that greed motivates people to serve others in and fee market.
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If markets are prone to fall into depressions that can only be solved by Keynesian policies or long amounts of time, why have we not had longer depressions than the Great Depression before Keynesianism? Ask the Keynesian if the stimulus enacted during the Great Depression was good, why was the Great Depression the longest depression in history. Is it
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I am not convinced that property rights can be justified by utility in all cases. Utilitarian arguments are often used to justify violations of property rights. Is it OK to kill the farmer if he resists being removed from the property? If many people benefit and just one stubborn farmer’s life is in the way of progress for the masses, what is
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It looks like there were many things that are categorized as part of the enclosure movement. One in Wikipedia does sound like what you say: Parliamentary Enclosure and open fields During the 18th and 19th centuries, enclosures were by means of local acts of Parliament, called the Inclosure Acts . These "parliamentary" enclosures consolidated