> Property rights are not rights to a common resource.
You’re disagreeing with John Locke, among others, here.
You’re disagreeing with John Locke, among others, here.
You should be understanding the points I'm making here as I believe I've highlighted what I think is salient. Others can disagree with whether these points are indeed salient, but they (and you) should at least basically understand the point I am trying to make.
I assume John Locke would understand, as he was alive during the passing of the Tenures Abolition Act of 1660.
Anyone can go up to them and draw water from them. Wells and aquifers can be a bit more complicated, but aren’t that different when you get down to it, they just require some equipment to do the same thing. The closest equivalent would be someone needing to use a 4x truck to drive to the lake to get water.
Same with land - anyone can just walk to them and start using them. Beyond what you can personally, physically control at any one moment anyway, which is pretty limited.
What makes them NOT public is gov’t granted monopolies and rules. Like property rights. Society enforced restrictions, which means even if you’re not physically there guarding it 24/7 it can still be ‘yours’.
Examples of natural private property would be something like your own body parts, or things in your possession, or land you are currently standing on, or things in the contents of your mind.