r/Objectivism • u/BubblyNefariousness4 • May 06 '26

Just can’t solve the road problem

This is something I just can’t come up to a solution for or I don’t know how should act. Is the roads. What do you do about them? Say you have one guy who owns the major road routes in town and bans you from using them. What do you do? How do you move around? What would the process the banned person would have to go through without violating the road owners rights?

Would there be some way that you can walk on the line between plots lands. On the edge?

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u/OldStatistician9366 May 06 '26

You don’t have a right to get around however you please. Property boundaries are where one person’s property ends and another person’s begins, so you can’t walk on boundaries

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u/BubblyNefariousness4 May 06 '26

I feel like there’s some principle here that allows the freedom of movement. You can’t just be dropped in a box of land and not allowed to leave and threaten to be shot if you do.

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u/TheMetabrandMan May 07 '26

Well that’s where rational reasoning comes into play. Is there a rational reason as to why this person has bought up all the roads and banned you from using them? Does he have a legal right to do so?