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.”

View full show notes at anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana014.

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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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