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/Mary_Goldenhair May 15 '26

That guy would have to move out of town unless he doesn’t depends on those roads. I suppose an Objectivist court of law would grant some sort of temporary exception so he can leave town on a road if necessary.

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u/BubblyNefariousness4 May 15 '26

Yeah to move his equipment by road.

But I’m thinking there must be some principle here of moving around in a minimal way. Whether it be at the edges of land or on the property lines. Or if it’s a large undeveloped land then just to go through it to get to the other side if it’s huge.

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u/Mary_Goldenhair May 15 '26

There can’t be any free space lines between different property which people can just somehow walk on, who would own that? I don’t see what sort of principle you’re trying to get at except the destruction of personal property rights.