Political Theory

Re: Landscape & Property Rights

Sieben — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:08:12 GMT

So there can't just be a nice rainforest? You have to actually DO stuff like setting up fences? What if setting up fences were really expensive or impractical or harmed the nature reserve? I'm thinking of coral reefs more now. Why isn't this crap forestalling the homesteading of others??

Re: Landscape & Property Rights

Praetyre — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:01:28 GMT

I'd assume setting the boundaries of the preserve (fencing, gatekeeping) and maintenance of the local area (culling and tagging of wildlife, maintaining the trees with tree surgeons, dendrologists and botanists, putting out forest fires) would qualify as homesteading under Long's philosophy.

Re: Landscape & Property Rights

Sieben — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:15:14 GMT

Roderick Long mentioned he had investigated how environmental preserves might be homesteaded. How does this work? The forest is just sitting there and BAM its somehow homesteaded?

Re: Landscape & Property Rights

Laotzu del Zinn — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:01:53 GMT

No way dude. Already claimed that tree third to the left and the first 32 meters extending in a cone south from the tree at a 45degree angle (the angle of cones point).

Re: Landscape & Property Rights

Bert — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:57:51 GMT

If anyone hasn't already homesteaded that green patch in the ocean I'll take it, and make my property line go as far as I can walk on a low tide from any point outward. You can keep the giant rock in the first picture.

Landscape & Property Rights

Jeremiah Dyke — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:33:24 GMT

A hobby of mine includes browsing various landscapes pictures and contemplating issues that may arise in defining property rights. It tends to be a fun thought experiment but i wonder if there would be any demand for such information within a blog or website?