> If other folks value the wilderness so much, they should pay folks in Alaska not to develop their land.
We did.
Congress used our tax dollars to purchase Alaska and then later on carved out part of that purchase as this reserve. It is in no way more their land than it is the New Yorker’s or the Californian’s.
Wasn’t California purchased from Mexico? According to this logic, the only people that truly own land to develop as they please are those that own property in areas that were seized from Indians without compensation like the original East Coast states.
More like, the national parks in California that are owned by the federal government aren’t free to be developed on. Again the Alaskans don’t want to develop their own land. They want to develop on the land that is jointly owned and that the rest of society wants to have remain undeveloped.
When you don’t have sole ownership of a piece of property you don’t have sole say in its use. I am sorry that’s Alaskans feel upset that they don’t have the right to use our property as they see fit
We did.
Congress used our tax dollars to purchase Alaska and then later on carved out part of that purchase as this reserve. It is in no way more their land than it is the New Yorker’s or the Californian’s.