Thank you Elizabeth, I probably and not the only one benefiting from your efforts to expand my vocabulary. In looking up the word "otiose" I could only apply it to governments and their bureaucracies. They might be large and in charge, but without the consent of the people they are no different than any other set of Barbary Pirates.
When I was a young man 40+ years ago and lived with my new wife in a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apt in Upper Manhattan, there was a small (tiny) park just a few hundred yards away from the 190th A train station, buoyed against a mountain of stone that climbed up to the famous Cloisters.
Saturday mornings I enjoyed going to this Parklet to read a newspaper (imagine!) and get something close to fresh air, but over time the Park degraded.
Of course no one "owned" it so as Aristotle rightly said, it was the least cared for as it was the most commonly used.
Occasionally I would self-volunteer to pick up empty beer cans and even doggie doo, cigarette butts, etc. but eventually the sheer repetitiveness overwhelmed me. No one else (that I saw) ever volunteered.
One morning I even found a dead car battery plopped next to the overflowing garbage can. It saved the taxi driver some money not to recycle that battery, but that pretty much ended my enjoyment of this little park. Broken bottle glass near one bench contributed to my discomfit.
Private ownership increases the value of the land. Always did, always will.
Owning a House is so much better than Renting a House. For everyone in the neighborhood.
Thanks Elisabeth for your common sense, informative articles. I so enjoy your Sat postings. And for what it's worth, I did buy you a coffee a few weeks back. :)
The discussion about how many people we need/ want in the country needs to be addressed. Unlimited migration can’t go on forever. Thomas Jefferson believed urban sprawl and large cities were not to be desired.
This is profound. A insufficient few realize just how profound this concept is. But the Marxists do; they who flock to government administrative state employment and especially those who buy their way into government legislative and executive positions. Those Marxist politicians are the ones who promoted and advanced the conservationist NGOs and organizations that have worked tirelessly to remove private property from individuals and place under government control as Elizabeth has described above.
They have also brainwashed at least four generations of Americans into believing the conservationist movement was desirable and that private property ownership and development was bad.
I haven’t yet read or heard that President Trumps MAGA agenda includes any goals to revert any federal lands back to private ownership for productive purposes. Shouldn’t that be as important as ridding the nation of the 20,000,000 or more illegal squatters who were ushered in under the Clinton, Bush, Obama and OBiden regimes?
The general population is entirely ignorant of the damage done by Marxist practices. Hell, the Marxists are ignorant of the damage their policies do. Any government is incapable of managing anything. The only thing they do is destroy everything they touch. Plunder is their only function. And deceit, they're good at that. "Preserve the wilderness" in reality is destroy the wilderness.
Government (lackeys, libtards, mind controlled idiots, Facebook fools, Instagram idiots, parrots, followers) - destruction is what happens every time. But they are not the enemy that controls these Fuk faces. Useful idiots implement this destructive force. They know not. The inverts with no morals want complete control unless stopped soon. They have us on the defense Of what should mot be happening in the first place. Like continuously starting fires…
Fun ain't it? Like standing in front of a gorilla cage at the zoo, trying to find out what's going on behind those inscrutable, immovable faces. Like the ancient of days.
To a large extent the land and national park administrators are the product of socialist dominated universities. The newer graduates have been educated by old hippie boomers (I am one). These fat old bald guys with ponytails were raised in the abundance of the 1950s and few of them were ever deprived of anything. We assumed that the country could remain prosperous in spite of our lack of understanding of the basis for that prosperity.
Bald chubby guys with ponytails. Yup, that pretty much defines who to avoid. These dudettes still listen to Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Yuk and yukker.
Same goes for those chubbier nose-ringed, tatooed, blue haired, feminazis. Avoid them like the plague. If they hold a sign up to their droopy boobs that says "NO SEX" give 'em a fist pump if you dare. They won't understand the irony.
One more of many steps to remove all ownership of anything by individuals (so we can own nothing and be happy)!😡. I expect massive changes to thwart this coming in the near future….first in the US and hopefully Canada next!
It continues to fascinate me that otherwise reasonable people who respect nature’s laws and wouldn’t dream of denying evolutionary truth, can espouse top-down power structures and “master planning”. Everywhere in our world it is clear that organic growth of structures results in success, from bacteria to societies, and beyond. It is magical how most evolving structures, lacking interference, result in superior outcome.
That said, we Americans tend to “spread” in a detrimental way. What happened to “the edge of town” in the 21st century? And we need our wild spaces for spiritual survival.
Our wild spaces are best managed by the descendants of peoples who have lived on and in them for numerous generations; rather than by newly-minted BLM bureaucrats, fresh out of college, who have little to no knowledge of how those places actually flourish aside from what they read in books.
“Sacred lands” is such BS. The Lakota Sioux (a Canadian tribe)arrived at the Black Hills after they defeated the Cheyenne on July 4, 1776. My family arrived here as early as 1623, at least 100 years before the Sioux migrated into Wisconsin and Minnesota - they were soon kicked out by native tribes in those yet to be states. Can I make claims to my family’s sacred lands?
Your article reminds me of a similar attempt at land reform that occurred in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
At that time, Czar Nicholas of Russia's Interior Minister, Peter Stolypin, introduced a land reform process to counter the revolutionary terror plaguing Russia. Stolypin proposed surveying Russia's vast land mass, similar in manner to what was done in Canada and in the US. Stolypin would then give each peasant ownership of a plot of land.
From what I read, each peasants would get at least a quarter section. More talented and industrious peasants could assemble multiple sections. Peasants were encouraged to help each other, and to trade amongst themselves. The Russian state would also provide credits to encourage expansion and production.
Stolypin's reforms were so popular that the revolutionary parties operating in Russia were almost put out of business.
Stolypin's reforms, especially the credit scheme, also threatened foreign banks. As a result, Stolypin was assassinated. In fact, Stolypin suffered several attempts on himself and his family before the assassins got him. Stolypin's death ended his land reform efforts.
After the Bolsheviks took power, they attacked the "bourgeois" farmers, aka kulaks, that had benefited from Stolypin's reforms. The Bolsheviks turned back the clock by destroying the kulak class.
Your article suggests that Stolypin was right, and that land reform is the way to go. Maybe this time we'll get it right!
More people would love to live in Alaska but homes to buy are scarce and costly. 90% of the state is federal government. No reason they could not open up a reasonable amount of land to homesteaders.
Does it not all boil down to this: If corrupt governments (and their global marxist masters) grab the land, and the resources on and under it, then you can prevent or limit the utilization of those resources. If they do allow limited use, charge exorbitant prices to keep them rich and comfortable at our expense. Or they will simply say there are no resources, therefore you have to use the green "renewable" "solutions" which are not solutions at all (nor even necessary) and result in rapid decay of quality of life for us but not for them. Either way, those who stole from us get richer, and more powerful, and we get screwed, and dead. We should endeavor to make them dead first.
Important to understand the scope of this land grab, thank you Elizabeth.
Thank you Elizabeth, I probably and not the only one benefiting from your efforts to expand my vocabulary. In looking up the word "otiose" I could only apply it to governments and their bureaucracies. They might be large and in charge, but without the consent of the people they are no different than any other set of Barbary Pirates.
Useless or serving no practical purpose. I had to look it up as well. Pretty much describes government agencies.
So true.
When I was a young man 40+ years ago and lived with my new wife in a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom apt in Upper Manhattan, there was a small (tiny) park just a few hundred yards away from the 190th A train station, buoyed against a mountain of stone that climbed up to the famous Cloisters.
Saturday mornings I enjoyed going to this Parklet to read a newspaper (imagine!) and get something close to fresh air, but over time the Park degraded.
Of course no one "owned" it so as Aristotle rightly said, it was the least cared for as it was the most commonly used.
Occasionally I would self-volunteer to pick up empty beer cans and even doggie doo, cigarette butts, etc. but eventually the sheer repetitiveness overwhelmed me. No one else (that I saw) ever volunteered.
One morning I even found a dead car battery plopped next to the overflowing garbage can. It saved the taxi driver some money not to recycle that battery, but that pretty much ended my enjoyment of this little park. Broken bottle glass near one bench contributed to my discomfit.
Private ownership increases the value of the land. Always did, always will.
Owning a House is so much better than Renting a House. For everyone in the neighborhood.
Thanks Elisabeth for your common sense, informative articles. I so enjoy your Sat postings. And for what it's worth, I did buy you a coffee a few weeks back. :)
Everyone’s job is nobody’s job.
Rope is recyclable, and the people pushing this would make excellent fertilizer.
See how green my solution is?
Hahahaha! Love this!
The discussion about how many people we need/ want in the country needs to be addressed. Unlimited migration can’t go on forever. Thomas Jefferson believed urban sprawl and large cities were not to be desired.
But ‘they’ve’ found it’s so much easier to brainwash and control people in high population centers..
Hmm. Cities do tend to be blue.
Exactly, Rural and decentralized is the opposite of what the government wants for us
This is profound. A insufficient few realize just how profound this concept is. But the Marxists do; they who flock to government administrative state employment and especially those who buy their way into government legislative and executive positions. Those Marxist politicians are the ones who promoted and advanced the conservationist NGOs and organizations that have worked tirelessly to remove private property from individuals and place under government control as Elizabeth has described above.
They have also brainwashed at least four generations of Americans into believing the conservationist movement was desirable and that private property ownership and development was bad.
I haven’t yet read or heard that President Trumps MAGA agenda includes any goals to revert any federal lands back to private ownership for productive purposes. Shouldn’t that be as important as ridding the nation of the 20,000,000 or more illegal squatters who were ushered in under the Clinton, Bush, Obama and OBiden regimes?
no
The general population is entirely ignorant of the damage done by Marxist practices. Hell, the Marxists are ignorant of the damage their policies do. Any government is incapable of managing anything. The only thing they do is destroy everything they touch. Plunder is their only function. And deceit, they're good at that. "Preserve the wilderness" in reality is destroy the wilderness.
Government (lackeys, libtards, mind controlled idiots, Facebook fools, Instagram idiots, parrots, followers) - destruction is what happens every time. But they are not the enemy that controls these Fuk faces. Useful idiots implement this destructive force. They know not. The inverts with no morals want complete control unless stopped soon. They have us on the defense Of what should mot be happening in the first place. Like continuously starting fires…
Fun ain't it? Like standing in front of a gorilla cage at the zoo, trying to find out what's going on behind those inscrutable, immovable faces. Like the ancient of days.
So much fun, like wiping peanut butter from shag. I’m saying Fuk it and live like tomorrow might not come. Ah shit, doin that. Heloc ride…
To a large extent the land and national park administrators are the product of socialist dominated universities. The newer graduates have been educated by old hippie boomers (I am one). These fat old bald guys with ponytails were raised in the abundance of the 1950s and few of them were ever deprived of anything. We assumed that the country could remain prosperous in spite of our lack of understanding of the basis for that prosperity.
Bald chubby guys with ponytails. Yup, that pretty much defines who to avoid. These dudettes still listen to Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. Yuk and yukker.
Same goes for those chubbier nose-ringed, tatooed, blue haired, feminazis. Avoid them like the plague. If they hold a sign up to their droopy boobs that says "NO SEX" give 'em a fist pump if you dare. They won't understand the irony.
One more of many steps to remove all ownership of anything by individuals (so we can own nothing and be happy)!😡. I expect massive changes to thwart this coming in the near future….first in the US and hopefully Canada next!
🙏🙏🙏
Reducing available resources for a downsized population after the Great VAXX die-off! 😳😱🤬🤡
It continues to fascinate me that otherwise reasonable people who respect nature’s laws and wouldn’t dream of denying evolutionary truth, can espouse top-down power structures and “master planning”. Everywhere in our world it is clear that organic growth of structures results in success, from bacteria to societies, and beyond. It is magical how most evolving structures, lacking interference, result in superior outcome.
That said, we Americans tend to “spread” in a detrimental way. What happened to “the edge of town” in the 21st century? And we need our wild spaces for spiritual survival.
Our wild spaces are best managed by the descendants of peoples who have lived on and in them for numerous generations; rather than by newly-minted BLM bureaucrats, fresh out of college, who have little to no knowledge of how those places actually flourish aside from what they read in books.
If their fingernails ain't dirty, they don't know what they're blabbing about.
"Otherwise reasonable people" is an oxymoron.
Ha, maybe so.
Grateful for your commentary Elizabeth.
“Sacred lands” is such BS. The Lakota Sioux (a Canadian tribe)arrived at the Black Hills after they defeated the Cheyenne on July 4, 1776. My family arrived here as early as 1623, at least 100 years before the Sioux migrated into Wisconsin and Minnesota - they were soon kicked out by native tribes in those yet to be states. Can I make claims to my family’s sacred lands?
Thank you Elizabeth! Your ancestors had it right…thank you for carrying a victorious Eschatology forward!
It looks bad, but at some point the people will rise up with Psalm 2 in mind.
Your article reminds me of a similar attempt at land reform that occurred in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
At that time, Czar Nicholas of Russia's Interior Minister, Peter Stolypin, introduced a land reform process to counter the revolutionary terror plaguing Russia. Stolypin proposed surveying Russia's vast land mass, similar in manner to what was done in Canada and in the US. Stolypin would then give each peasant ownership of a plot of land.
From what I read, each peasants would get at least a quarter section. More talented and industrious peasants could assemble multiple sections. Peasants were encouraged to help each other, and to trade amongst themselves. The Russian state would also provide credits to encourage expansion and production.
Stolypin's reforms were so popular that the revolutionary parties operating in Russia were almost put out of business.
Stolypin's reforms, especially the credit scheme, also threatened foreign banks. As a result, Stolypin was assassinated. In fact, Stolypin suffered several attempts on himself and his family before the assassins got him. Stolypin's death ended his land reform efforts.
After the Bolsheviks took power, they attacked the "bourgeois" farmers, aka kulaks, that had benefited from Stolypin's reforms. The Bolsheviks turned back the clock by destroying the kulak class.
Your article suggests that Stolypin was right, and that land reform is the way to go. Maybe this time we'll get it right!
More people would love to live in Alaska but homes to buy are scarce and costly. 90% of the state is federal government. No reason they could not open up a reasonable amount of land to homesteaders.
Does it not all boil down to this: If corrupt governments (and their global marxist masters) grab the land, and the resources on and under it, then you can prevent or limit the utilization of those resources. If they do allow limited use, charge exorbitant prices to keep them rich and comfortable at our expense. Or they will simply say there are no resources, therefore you have to use the green "renewable" "solutions" which are not solutions at all (nor even necessary) and result in rapid decay of quality of life for us but not for them. Either way, those who stole from us get richer, and more powerful, and we get screwed, and dead. We should endeavor to make them dead first.
Not forever, though as people are learning and will rebel.