Hoe do you keep he general population on the side of big government control?
It's easy, you tell them that the government is simply protecting THEIR land. Give them a false sense of ownership and hell they will go to no length to make that land usable for only government cronyism.
A rancher raising cattle on the peoples land is criminal. A politician working backroom deals with developers and solar companies is only looking out for the publics best interest. And the stupid just fall in line.
They will call for the prosecution of the guy never once realizing "their land" is theirs in name only. Go try to camp out on your land, or use it for any purpose and you will quickly see how much is actually yours.
Which brings me to my final point. Wasn't Bundy part of "our land" ownership? I suppose he was until he decided to use some of it against the governments wishes. You see, that land nobody wants only becomes an issue if someone the government doesn't like decides to use it. A turtle can get millions of federal dollars to sit out there and basically be a ******* turtle while the so called government approved types collect that money for telling us "yep, they're acting like turtles, all is well".
A cow though? No, not only will there be no subsidy for an animal that is actually useful to "the people" as food but you will be charged a fee for that use. Because what the government really wanted was turtles.
Don't forget, it's "Our Land". Make sure you yell that out loud often, we wouldn't want the government to think you don't like what they are doing just for you the little people.