“Is there really any logical argument that says that state and private ownership ruins the land! It’s just stupid to make that kind of a statement.”
Actually, yes there is, literally. Take hydraulic gold mining in California where the land was literally washed away.
Take clear cutting forests for the sake of lumber.
Take strip mining where no reclamation was required.
New let’s talk about lands under lakes. Take back when industrial wastes from Chicago was allowed to go into the big lakes. This is just one example.
It’s human nature for many people to just crap in their own nest.
I think the deeper issue is not the federal govt owning the land, it’s who we have elected as a peoples to be in charge of the fed govt.
I agree all lands not used as military bases and govt offices should be signed over to the states. But then we still have a problem of lefties running many states.
In the 1800’s it was “Westward Ho!”. Today it’s “Leftward Ho!”.
We need to stop that or the state or fed gov will seize whatever lands are in private ownership right now. I think this happened in Russia when the commies took over, right?
“It’s human nature for many people to just crap in their own nest.”
So we need the Federal Government to be our “minder?” Sorry, NO SALE. There are other ways to assure the protection of our lands without making them “off limits” to our citizens. BTW, the abuses you list are in the main, ancient history.