Except everything you’ve said is true of public roads and those are somehow free. Literally nobody is talking about this straw man of “true free”. Nobody thinks that potable water can be created, regulated, and distributed without the labor of many people. However the example of public roads, public schools, etc, show us that it is actually very much possible for essential services to be funded out of general taxes and be free and openly accessible.
Moreover, water access activism isn’t necessarily even about drinking water in many places because agricultural water sources are being tapped unsustainably and distributed unfairly. Especially for indigenous peoples who rely on already precarious water sources to make their remaining land habitable, this has never been an issue that can be solved by going to the mall to fill up your drink bottle.
Except everything you’ve said is true of public roads and those are somehow free. Literally nobody is talking about this straw man of “true free”. Nobody thinks that potable water can be created, regulated, and distributed without the labor of many people. However the example of public roads, public schools, etc, show us that it is actually very much possible for essential services to be funded out of general taxes and be free and openly accessible.
Moreover, water access activism isn’t necessarily even about drinking water in many places because agricultural water sources are being tapped unsustainably and distributed unfairly. Especially for indigenous peoples who rely on already precarious water sources to make their remaining land habitable, this has never been an issue that can be solved by going to the mall to fill up your drink bottle.