Re:Pseudo-public space in London
by weberc2 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:27PM
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In your scenario, you're no closer to MegaCorp than you would have been before the parks (because the land was all private anyway, apparently). Not that this matters; there's nothing dystopian about MegaCorp buying land to insulate itself from your protest. In a free society, you have the right to speak, and others have the right to avoid you.
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The dystopian part is that as private corps build up psuedo-private squares it reduces demand by the people for actual public areas. Eventually you just end up with streets and nothing else being public, because the private landowners provide all the "public" pedestrian areas.
Even the streets are frequently psuedo-public. There are plenty of cities where you must have a resident permit in order to park on the street for more than a very limited time. If you don't "belong" in the neighborhood, you are not welcome.