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I think you have that the wrong way around - many people are already casualties of propertisation. Millions die every year, through starvation, homelessness, work stress, or - ironically - through too easy access to food.

That's not counting the regular wars which are a side-effect of oligarchical land and property ownership.

It's not really land ownership that's the problem so much as the concept of ownership in general. I don't think we can do away with property rights altogether. But more shared ownership, more participatory ownership, and less ownership for exploitation and appropriation - all of those might not be bad things.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 08:45:18 PM EST
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As usual, you say in ten clear words what I say in 100 obscure ones!

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 09:10:51 PM EST
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