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Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden

119 points · 94 comments · davidja

  1. mertleee · · focus · HN ↗
    Assuming this is for conservation, it's hard to find reasons this is a bad thing.
    1. fnordpiglet · · focus · HN ↗
      This is where he will build 50 silos
      1. xhevahir · · focus · HN ↗
        He's probably buying it so that he can ski through miles of virgin forest with his Norwegian bodyguards. I hate this weirdo but he's probably not going to do much to the landscape.
        1. eckelhesten · · focus · HN ↗
          Weak reason given that Sweden has something called Allemansrätten.
          1. gizajob · · focus · HN ↗
            What about fences? I see that people have the right to roam but how are fenced-off areas dealt with?
            1. Hikikomori · · focus · HN ↗
              Not to fence off people, need good reason like dangerous industry, farming animals and such, even if there's a fence you can still enter the land. Can't even put up a sign saying it's private land without permission.
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