ana014: Private Ownership of Public Space | Part 2: Exploring Opt-In Trusts

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.”

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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