> What does ownership even mean if the government can force you to do things like this?
Have you ever owned land and/or built a house ?
They can force you to do a lot of shit actually, and most of it makes sense because people before you were dumb as fuck and thought they could build their own 4 stories house out of dried cow shit and plywood
Same reasons new cars have seatbelts, airbags, abs. Same reason tall building have to have emergency exits, proper ventilation, fire retardant material, &c.
If you think this "found a coin can't keep it" is a slippery slope you must live in a very weird place because I can come up with hundreds of more restrictive laws that you have to abide by since you're born.
We built communities out of common interests and for safety, not for absolute freedom to do whatever the fuck we want while disregarding everything and everyone else
> You can't let the Sir Humphreys [1] take over.
Would you have an issue if I built a 50m tall tower next to your garden, shading your entire land from the sun ?
Or if I dig a well to tap into our common underground water reserve but drain it in a month to sell bottled water ?
There are many Tudor farm houses built out of dried cow/horse shit and hair where this hoard was found, and school children visit these 500 year old buildings daily to experience the engineering of these dumb people.
It's an intolerable impertinence that these buildings can't be knocked down and replaced with glass and steel boxes that conform to the latest construction regulations.
Have you ever owned land and/or built a house ?
They can force you to do a lot of shit actually, and most of it makes sense because people before you were dumb as fuck and thought they could build their own 4 stories house out of dried cow shit and plywood
Same reasons new cars have seatbelts, airbags, abs. Same reason tall building have to have emergency exits, proper ventilation, fire retardant material, &c.
If you think this "found a coin can't keep it" is a slippery slope you must live in a very weird place because I can come up with hundreds of more restrictive laws that you have to abide by since you're born.
We built communities out of common interests and for safety, not for absolute freedom to do whatever the fuck we want while disregarding everything and everyone else
> You can't let the Sir Humphreys [1] take over.
Would you have an issue if I built a 50m tall tower next to your garden, shading your entire land from the sun ?
Or if I dig a well to tap into our common underground water reserve but drain it in a month to sell bottled water ?