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in greta •  5 years ago 

Here's what I did. I performed a search on "walter block pollution" because I happen to like Walter Block's economics philosophy and I know he's thought a lot about the concept of "externalities," like you're alluding to. I am not just asking you to watch a video as if it's my own thought. I haven't seen this video before. I'm watching it right now, and I know he'll say something sensible:

Will you watch it also? Believe me, I am not suggesting that he is the authority on the matter. I am not making an appeal to authority. I am just asking you to consider this point. Whatever it is, because I haven't watched it yet. But I will now.

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That was an interesting story. I had no idea why the fundamental legal shift in private property rights occurred. It seems to have happened just around the time that the civil war in the US was inevitable. It's sad to think that it is a result of the state wanting more power to decide who does what. Or at least that was my take on it.

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.

― Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority


My belief is that if we can somehow restore private property without relying on government, I think that will simultaneously fix the environment.

He makes some interesting points and communicates his ideas well.