Just because something is a net gain doesn't mean some people don't lose.

> Just because something is a net gain doesn't mean some people don't lose.

See also free trade. Consumers benefit, but some workers lose.

It's possible that improvements to this public good are capitalism in action, destroying something beautiful and wonderful. But, some might see this scenario as someone attempting to capture public resources (the trail and its maintenance) for their own gain, which is one of the worst expressions of capitalism.

It's perhaps less easy to empathize with that.

I follow your line of thinking, but I think it's a bit out of context.

Yet, perhaps a government-maintained trail that someone feels entitled to treat as their private property is something less than a shining example of virtue.