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Did you knew that? [This is on Next Level]
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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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Colorado used to disallow collection of rainwater too because people further down the line supposedly had the rights to that water.
You're now allowed something like 2 - 30 gallon barrels to collect it here now.
Late stage capitalism: where they decide someone owns the fucking rain.
It's because Colorado water law is based on 'prior appropriations'.
Colorado was settled around mining and ranching, both of which can be water-intensive. It's also a fairly dry place. Water rights have been serious business for a long time.
So the rule was that the first person there had the right to start using river water for their mine. Then, if a second person starts a mine upstream, they had the right to use river water only inasmuch as it didn't impact the prior downstream mine. If there was a drought, the upstream mine had to use less water so the earlier mine wasn't impacted. Rain barrels were prohibited because that water "belonged" to some downstream rights holder, just as using the water from a stream might be prohibited because it belongs to a downstream rights holder.
This isn't really late-stage capitalism. The law in Colorado goes back to some court cases in the 1870s and 1880s.
It's unfortunate that you have like four up votes for explaining the actual History behind it but the guy who just thinks it's an issue that popped up ten years ago has dozens.
I'm not sure how upvotes are relevant here considering the time difference between both comments is about 11 hours.
Also, how much does the ratio of ups and downvotes on a post or comment influences your thought on the subject matter?
Yeah, but Colorado isn't a desert where people struggle for clean water in the best of times...
And I'm pretty sure the only thing downstream of Gaza is the ocean
Doesn't Gaza rain dump into th ocean? It's not like Israel is using the runoff.
I call gencide shenanigans.
It's kind of late-stage capitalism since Marx declared capitalism to be in its late stage back in 1860
But muh narrative