Historically cities were chartered. They were a form of private property, owned by associations of merchants or somesuch. (The City of London is still administered by businesses; it was never expropriated in its history.)
If your question is why someone would do that at all, it is in order to produce shared goods like streets or city walls.
The fallacies of intellectual communism, a compilation - On the nature of power
jamesoreilly: This has always puzzeled me. What is the real purpose of this?
This has always puzzeled me. What is the real purpose of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_charter
Peace
In the words of Marc Stevens, "Cities and States don't exist."
"Government is just a group of men and women doing business at the barrel of a gun." — Marc Stevens, No State Project
Stranger:They were a form of private property, owned by associations of merchants or somesuch. (The City of London is still administered by businesses; it was never expropriated in its history.)
In feudalibertarian bizarro world they are.
Black Market: In the words of Marc Stevens, "Cities and States don't exist."
He is obviously wrong.
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