Matt BlazeSep 21, 2024

Crowdfunded effort (led by the awesome Cards Against Humanity folks) bought a tract of pristine land in Texas near the Mexican border a few years ago to prevent development (such as a border wall), and to leave it in a natural state.

This year, Space X unilaterally started building on the tract, without anyone's permission, causing irreparable harm to the natural state of the land. Not cool, says the owner.

Hilarity currently en-suing. https://www.cahsuesmusk.com/

Elon Musk Owes You $100 • Cards Against Humanity Saves America Day 7

Elon Musk stole your land, and now he owes you $100.

Show threadMatt BlazeSep 21, 2024
Texas is an interesting venue for this. While it's a mistake to paint with too broad a brush (it's a diverse place), I'd guess that Texas juries (assuming this is a jury case) are likely to set aside their dislike for lefty plaintiffs who try to block border walls in favor of their enthusiasm for enforcing property rights.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Sep 21, 2024

@mattblaze
in the hierarchy:

1. Texas property protection
2. U.S. property protection

Show threadAI6YR BenSep 21, 2024
@paninid @mattblaze It's definitely interesting: Texas style "I can do anything I want, the gub'mint needs to stay out of my hair" and Texas style "property rights are the most important thing in the world". I mean, if they had someone on the property with a gun shooting people for crossing the property line, I am unsure what would happen in Texas, truly.
Show threadOtto
@ai6yr @paninid @mattblaze What would happen in Texas is the person doing the shooting is able to sue the person being shot at for the cost of the bullets.
Sep 21, 2024 at 10:46pmWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenSep 21, 2024
@otto42 @paninid @mattblaze 🤔 I don't doubt that, LOL