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Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tim and Joe deep-dive on some of the ideas that Tim presented in his 2017 Porcfest speech (ana013). In particular, we consider opportunities and challenges of privatizing public space using “opt-in trusts.”
View full show notes at anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana014.
Intro
We recommend listening to the previous episode ana013 before this one.
Discussion
Joe’s reaction
An important contribution to Libertarian theory
Similar ideas in Libertarian thought
Roderick Long – Homesteading public use
Walter Block
Space: The Final Public Space
Hans Herman Hoppe
Public Space as a foundation of the State
Does government ownership legitimize immigration restrictions?
Governments may not have the same reciprocal rights as private property owners
Forceful eviction conflicts with the NAP, but is a reasonable right for private property owners to reciprocally extend to each other
Frank Van Dun – Freedom of Movement and Encirclement
Walter Block Rebuttal – Tunnels and Helicopters
THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS FLYING CARS
Government should not have the right to restrict public use
Porcfest Reactions to Tim’s speech
View from the top
Ownership by abutters
Slippery Slope – back to the Hoppe argument
Easement for public use
Opt-In Trusts
Buyout process to remove from public use
Give people a choice in the level of ownership
Ownership structures – let the market sort it out
Who gets to opt-in to the trust?
The same conundrum as Marxist “everybody owns everything”
Russian Vouchers, windfall profits, de facto monopolies
Universal Basic Income vs. Universal Dividend
Dilution of dividends
How can Trusts raise money?
Why you don’t want Australian Roads
Privatize Public Space = Privatize Everything
No government property means no need for government police
A workable incremental approach
Create your Opt-In Trust today!
Friends of the Park
Demonstrating good faith – Open Source Charters
Post-State Cities – Stay Tuned
Free Staters looking to build – Give Tim a Call – Adra Architecture
Links/Resources
ana013: Private Ownership of Public Space | Part 1: Tim’s Porcfest Speech
Roderick Long – In Defense of Public Space
Hans Herman Hoppe on Public Space and Immigration
Stephan Kinsella – Land Claims are Relative
Hoppe – Divest to the Taxpayers – Near the end of the article. See also the Kinsella link above for a reference to Hoppe’s position.
Note, we will discuss Hoppe’s immigration argument in Part 3 of the Citizen of Nowhere Series, whenever we get around to finishing it.
Walter Block’s Rebuttal to Hoppe
Frank Van Dun – Freedom and Property – Where They Conflict
Walter Block’s Rebuttal to Van Dun
Jeffrey Tucker – Flying Cars
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