One thing about texas that really prevents me from seeing it as a true american state is its lack of public land. Public land is an important thing to me, a major aspect of what i view as american freedoms and values. Basically all of texas is privately owned. If a guy wants to hunt and doesnt own enough land, hes shit out of luck unless he can pay a landowner for the privledge. It just strikes me as wrong.
You know, I've always taken the opposite view. Everything should belong to "people", not "the people".
But I would love to see Texas reposes these shithead's lands and get started on that Bernie Paradise - at their expense.
Where i live there are millions of acres of public lands around. I consider it both owned by and for the people. I own it, you own it, every tax paying citizen owns it. Im free to travel around it camping, hunting, shed hunting, berry picking, mushroom picking, whatever the fuck i want and i dont have to ask anybodys permission. That to me is what america is about. I can go on these vast expanses of public land and recreate, or make money trapping, picking shrooms or shed hunting. It truly belongs to all of us. Texas is a mess of fences and private property lines preventing residents from living as free people.
You could say the same thing about any private property. There probably needs to be a balance, though.
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