The remaining 2% must really be vexing
American colonialism is writ large - and still continuing - in the islands of Hawaii. It's sad for a country that proclaims itself to be the land of the free with a healthy respect for property rights.
But then, I guess Hawaiians and Native Americans (and Filipinos) could compare notes on this one. Oh, and Guam, Puerto Rico, the Marshall Islands, American Samoa, and I'm pretty sure I'm missing a fair few more.
He has money, so he bought it. Free market, capitalism etc etc, I get that part.
That said, why does one man need 140 sq miles of land? Unless it is being used for agriculture or some other net benefit to society, doesn’t this sound grotesque?
The island of Ni'ihau (Hawaii) is also privately owned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau