4/ It is absolutely normal for SOME people who own houses to prefer that a smelting factory not be built next door. In ancapistan this is solved via market mechanisms. That's idea! ...but in our current world, gov steps in and regulates bc lower transaction costs, holdouts...
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15/ The mechanism is still bad, and should be replaced by market mechanisms (especially as IT improvements mean that transaction costs fall year after year), but a Chesterton Fence approach (asking WHY did anyone want such laws?) is prudent. Exeunt.
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16/ Damnit, I was half way typing up a reply to Eddie's tweet, and then he made the tweet I was replying to. (yes, I meant to type exactly those words above)https://twitter.com/random_eddie/status/1093521051353518080 …
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17/ There is a longer thread on how arbitrary / capricious / evil redistribution of rights becomes just over time. This is mostly a utilitarian argument (and, as noted, I'm a deontologist), but has some deontological components as well. Must work now; I'll do it justice later
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18/ This surprises you?https://twitter.com/random_eddie/status/1093521448654815232 …
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21/ srs, tho, I'm going to read the dead before I buy acreage, and what is the zoning code except the dead of rights that go along with the property?
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I'm not sure I agree that it approximates free market, I do agree it's what people want. I.e. there's plenty of things a hammer like capitalism can't do. Using the State to fill in those gaps is acceptable.
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I said "20%" I stand by that
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