r/interestingasfuck • u/eliseereclusvivre • 1d ago

From 2014 to 2025, Mark Zuckerberg bought over 1,400 acres on Kauai Island and stole any land the natives wouldn't sell him, earning the moniker 'the face of neocolonialism.' r/all

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 1d ago

This is a law literally everywhere. Otherwise any rando could buy a square meter of land on either side of a road and set up a toll booth.

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u/rick_regger 1d ago

not sure if you could buy a single squaremetre of land from a residentland, technically possible but cause the land is categorized into units from the local gov practically impossible, corruption aside.

that wegerecht applies for "neighbors" (afaik) and not every random guy that thinks he wants to walk there.

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u/anyansweriscorrect 1d ago

They're not talking about using a road or sidewalk. This is more akin to using a path through your neighbors backyard. In the US, you'd get a gun shoved in your face. In other places, it's protected. See also UK right to roam.

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u/Hands 1d ago

Well no, because they wouldn't own the road... and this is not the law everywhere, at least in the US I believe this is typically codified as an easement, but if you don't have an access easement you aren't legally allowed to just trespass on your neighbor's land even if there's no other way to get there.

Maybe you meant to say it's the law literally everywhere that has reasonable property laws. In a lot of Europe you're allowed to travel across other people's undeveloped land (or even camp, forage, etc) as long as it's in a transient manner, in much of the US you are not only not legally entitled to do so... but can legally be murdered by the property owner for trespassing.

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u/I_voted-for_Kodos 1d ago

Right of way laws exist, in one form or another, literally everywhere, including the US. An easement is one of those forms.

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u/Hands 23h ago

What's it called when there is no easement?