I don't really see the problem with that Act. Applies to uninhabited islands only, and with the obvious purpose of phosphate mining.
Without phosphate fertilizers, ppl die.
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Because the state has no business annexing anything.
That I agree with!
But in this specific context, the State is being invited in by a private citizen, in return for personal and property rights enforcement. A less-objectionable nation-state intrusion is difficult to conceive.
This might be among the least-wrong fiat laws passed by a modern State. :-p
Compare and contrast with the USA's "Contiguous Zone" and China's "Nine Dash Line"...
Guano is a rich source of potassium nitrate (saltpeter) used to make gunpowder.
That's the reason this act exists.
I know guano has utility, but that doesn’t make this logical in regards to why that should make them have authority lolz it’s just weird
I personally believe that any un-homesteaded property is fair game for anyone to homestead and claim it as their own as their own.
A good book that describes this is "For a New Liberty" by Murray M. Rothbard
Also listen to Stephen Kinsella's podcast "Kinsella on Liberty" he gives very good explanations.
If the property is currently homesteaded then a mutual agreement between the property owner and the individual wishing to take possession must be arranged.
I don't believe governments can do this as a government is not a person and therefore has no ability to possess anything.
Totally agree on all that, an individual would have the right, not a state.