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Yes and they can then be voted out of office. That's the public's responsibility.
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First, I think it is much more likely that a private ocean owner would sure another private ocean owner than for people to hold an officeholder accountable for anything. How do you account for two Bush terms?
Second, this might increase their disregard for the enviroment, and other things. If an officeholder knows that he is going to be able to hold office for a small ammount of time, he will grab as much as he can as quickly as he can.
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No but they could run say an oil rig and not really worry about making sure spills do not happen since it's their part of the ocean and they can do what they want. Maybe Carnival buys it's own area for cruises and doesn't really worry about dumping since it's theirs. The passengers do not really go into the water so a certain amount of pollution wouldn't be noticed. Just a few thoughts.
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Well, if they own that part of the ocean, then they can certainly pollute it. However, when their pollution escapes, they must compensate the owner of the property that they damaged. And, if there is private ownership, people will be able to raise species if fish and increase the populations. Plus, I think it is highly likely that there would be oceananic zoos which would serve to increase the populations even more. So, I am sure that there would be polluters, but I think the goods of private ownership would outweigh any bads.