I've thought about fairer schemes for the distribution of public (tax/government) resources like universal basic income.
What is your take on that?
Private property is difficult to maintain when the atmosphere and the oceans have become a dumping ground for stuff we don't want on our property.
In many places you don't own the air, water, mineral or fossil/oil resources on your property. You are basically only in possession of the surface and highly restricted to how much you can change this.
Something to think about is the climate scientists in the antarctic or up in space. The amount of resources required to sustain their activities compared to the average human is immense. Is it worth it? Definitely not always. We owe most research funding to the competition of capitalism or opposing world views. It is difficult to get funding if you don't dance the dance they want you to.
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.
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.
I've thought about fairer schemes for the distribution of public (tax/government) resources like universal basic income.
What is your take on that?
Private property is difficult to maintain when the atmosphere and the oceans have become a dumping ground for stuff we don't want on our property.
In many places you don't own the air, water, mineral or fossil/oil resources on your property. You are basically only in possession of the surface and highly restricted to how much you can change this.
Something to think about is the climate scientists in the antarctic or up in space. The amount of resources required to sustain their activities compared to the average human is immense. Is it worth it? Definitely not always. We owe most research funding to the competition of capitalism or opposing world views. It is difficult to get funding if you don't dance the dance they want you to.
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.
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.
― 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.