• NoneOfUrBusiness
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    108 days ago

    “We take your (public) land, now you work in a factory or starve”.

    Where can I read more about this?

    • @mmddmm@lemm.ee
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      188 days ago

      The GP is talking about the dismantling of the Commons in England during the Industrial Revolution.

      Anyway, it’s not that simple. English even got the term “tragedy of the Commons” to refer to what was happening before the dismantling. Those people still were plainly stolen, yes, but the value what was taken wasn’t that clear. Also, people were escaping the Commons into factory jobs way before they were taken.

      • db0
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        97 days ago

        “the tragedy of the commons” is pure propaganda to excuse theyenclosures.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      48 days ago

      Fiefdom, company town, industrial Revolution, go read about that… Workers of the early 20th century didn’t live the good life!