Testing the Waters of Economic Liberty   WhiteIndian's picture
Why would anybody who esteems government-protected property
rights in Land have a problem with government-protected property
rights on Water?  The property right to operate the ferry is a
big government enTITLEment, just like creating artificial
borders on the surface of the earth is a Land enTITLEment
program that grants monopoly-use-rights (often called "property
rights") to parcel holders, and restricts the free movement of
Non-State societies to forage and hunt the land.  Remember,
without big government guns, there are no "property rights" to
vast tracts of agricultural Land. (I'm quite familiar with the
libertarian canon that says different, and that you have many
fantasies about how to enforce property rights without the State
part of agricultural-City-Statism, but they are just that, make-
believe stories.)   emartin's picture  State/government or no
state/government, if you mess with my grain crops you're going
to have troubles. You might