r/interestingasfuck 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/Ok_Supermarket_729 1d ago

governments never enforce these things. Some guy in my city keeps blocking a public right of way to a beach, they've told him to stop but they won't fine him or expropriate his property which is what should happen in cases like these when they refuse to acquiesce

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u/kndyone 1d ago

yep rich people have all learned to just ignore the law it wont do anything.

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u/Otherwise-Course7001 1d ago

This is different. But you would have to sue for your easement. Easements are extremely common in property rights and Zuckerberg would just provide. The most he came so is make the route inconvenient until you decide to sell to him because you can't deal with it any more.