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600, 000 jobs cut in the public sector = 700, 000 job cuts in the private sector
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It's happened. Done and dusted. Move on, and stop living in the 17th Century, where despite access to common land, things were a hell of a lot tougher for everyone. Subsistence farming on common land was not exactly a rural idyll.
slightly better than 18 hour days and child labour in the factories though.
nothing is done and dusted. continents shift and so do human paradigms. i'm not a luddite calling to a return to serfdom. however i think we can learn valuable lessons from looking back at the history of land use and how we have ended up with the state of things today. the loss of common land also has important lessons to teach us about other 'commons' (weather / air / fresh water) that could be eroded by enclosure. nobel prize winner elinor ostrom has some very interesting things to say about this - and the fact that the myth has been generated that private ownership rather than common ownership is a better way of guarding things.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
slightly better than 18 hour days and child labour in the factories though.
nothing is done and dusted. continents shift and so do human paradigms. i'm not a luddite calling to a return to serfdom. however i think we can learn valuable lessons from looking back at the history of land use and how we have ended up with the state of things today. the loss of common land also has important lessons to teach us about other 'commons' (weather / air / fresh water) that could be eroded by enclosure. nobel prize winner elinor ostrom has some very interesting things to say about this - and the fact that the myth has been generated that private ownership rather than common ownership is a better way of guarding things.
I wonder if Elinor Ostrom believed in the common ownership of her share of the $1.44m Nobel Prize?
I think we should be told.0 -
I wonder if Elinor Ostrom believed in the common ownership of her share of the $1.44m Nobel Prize?
I think we should be told.
actually yes. she used all her prize money to support research and graduate education i believe. a truly inspirational woman.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0
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