But then, I guess Hawaiians and Native Americans (and Filipinos) could compare notes on this one. Oh, and Guam, Puerto Rico, the Marshall Islands, American Samoa, and I'm pretty sure I'm missing a fair few more.
I think we can safely assume he bought the land so the property rights are respected.
We respected property so much we even counted them as 3/5ths of a person.
"Bill Gates is the biggest private owner of farmland in the United States. Why?" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-g...
It's rather schizophrenic.
now prolly worth a billion
damn that’s a x5000 return
That said, why does one man need 140 sq miles of land? Unless it is being used for agriculture or some other net benefit to society, doesn’t this sound grotesque?