27/ thoughts on property rights continue... it's kind of interesting that a lot of objection to my nuanced "property is a bundle of rights, and those rights can be traded and sold off, and often are" stance is from sort of trad-cons who want to get back to TRADITIONAL property
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39/ sure, sure, you can have an ideal where all rights are bundled together and not unbundled ... but that implicitly depends on either people choosing the way you want them to, or forbidding trade. Which is bad. Trade increases utility.
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In my case, I’ve got a grandfathered variance on a shed next to a cornfield, and I mow about 10’ of the farmer’s property. He can take the truck there when harvesting, and I walk on it; but he’s got the right to plow the whole thing under at any time.
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Mesopotamians had zoning regulations and city planning. That seems to be a fairly common/natural outcome of just establishing large settlements and it spreads from there.
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Yeah... this is something that irritates the hell out of me, too. Normies act like all of this shit is new. It's not. The Greeks, the Romans, the Persians... they all had the equivalent of zoning laws and rights/responsibilities.
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Hell, the Romans even had the equivalent of eminent domain, to obtain right-of-way for aqueducts and roads - they were consummate builders. And they even had their NIMBY political factions. The ancients had many of the same issues we have today.
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Alright I’m convinced: what books should I read, this is utterly fascinating.
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38/ A fine question, but regrettably I have no good answer. I've picked up a smattering of knowledge of the history of property rights by reading David Friedman (always recommended), Roman history, medieval history, and lots of wiki bits.https://twitter.com/BrtlBearFeBull/status/1257323956056424454 …
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39/ Strong agree. Absolute-ish property rights are modern Anglo-American. Medieval property norms exist in the medieval setting. Native American norms exist in the pre-Columbian setting. I strongly prefer Anglo-American norms but they aren't natural.https://twitter.com/wraithburn/status/1257332997268869123 …
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To go really trad on property rights is to prevent total sale, because Alienation was a Bronze Age innovation we have the history for.
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