The appropriation of the grassland by the lords was challenged, but the more fundamental transformation of grassland (or of roads) from commons to resource has

The appropriation of the grassland by the lords was challenged, but the more fundamental transformation of grassland (or of roads) from commons to resource has happened, until recently, without being subjected to criticism. A key chapter in Karl Marx' Das Kapital describes the process of enclose as the first step in the creation of the capitalist system. Essentially, Marx did describe this process of both labor and nature become mere resources to exploit and a significant amount of Illich's analysis essentially comes from Marx here - for good or ill. He's taking it in a different direction, certainly. But the "no one else thought of this" tone seems a bit disingenuous.