[thechao]

There's a very vocal segment of Americans — I live among many of them — who very much believe this. It's not all Americans.

[TimorousBestie]

It’s enough of us. A couple pockets of pro-community mutualists here and there don’t make enough of a difference to influence domestic policy.

[swalling]

You don’t have to be communist to believe in maintaining public access to publicly-owned lands. Turns out National Parks, national forests, state parks, campgrounds, etc attract millions of people annually, and most of us are very glad that access is for everyone. As taxpayers we in fact pay for that public infrastructure, just like we pay for roads.