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4 years ago

in Keloathing on Will Wilkinson
I think most people are idignant about government: that's to say, they are indignant that government would turn over land to private developers.

1. Most people recognize some public uses. I don't, but most people do, and I can understand why they do think gov't should have the power to use land to build streets, bridges, etc.

2. Most people intuitively understand that if you open up the range of takings possibilities, more people will line up at the trough, so to speak. It's a matter of institutional rules. Even if there is no moral difference between government using force to take land to build a school and government using force to take land to give to a developer to build a private school, once you open up the rule, all bets are off in the real world. Moral philosophy can help you in some respects, but it's a starting point, not a stopping point, when pausing to consider what real-world rules are in order.
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