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Authority isn’t always rooted in force or threat of force. “The commons” is/was publicly owned, but without any real threat of force behind it.
by pyuser583 4y ago
Authority isn’t always rooted in force or threat of force.
“The commons” is/was publicly owned, but without any real threat of force behind it.
- nwah1 4y agoThe commons was managed in a decentralized manner, but indeed there were consequences for violating the written or unwritten rules. And government was often involved in managing them historically. Hence the poem: >The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose.
- emmelaich 4y agoThat's great. Here's it set to music. https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thegooseandthecommon.html https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/thegooseandthecommon.h... and wikipedia on the Enclosure acts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts