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> Before [enclosure], most of the environment had been considered as commons from which most people could draw most of their sustenance without needing to take
by n4r9 6y ago
> Before [enclosure], most of the environment had been considered as commons from which most people could draw most of their sustenance without needing to take recourse to the market.
I think this is the point. Not that the resource is completely unregulated, but that the common person can benefit from it without constantly having to compete in the market.
- Talanes 6y agoI wouldn't consider simple regulation an enclosing of the commons, but when you add on to the need to invest capital in the form of vehicle registration fees and license fees, it starts to become more enclosed.