On the whole neurosis about delineating what a state is and isn't

[ClaytonB]

I’ll reproduce my reply to kylio (you?) on another thread:

the government itself repudiates ownership of the roads. I’ve discussed this in another post which I can’t seem to find right now. Basically, the government wants the best of both worlds - rents from owned property with non-liability for unowned property. So, the government insists on treating roads and all public lands in this quantum superposition between owned and unowned. The parks are “your public lands”, so that’s why you have to pay for their upkeep and you can’t sue the government if you are injured there. You are the owner, after all! Yet you will be fined for violating any ordinances regarding the use of the park.

Clayton -