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> No one says it was "stolen from common people", because they have always owned it. ... but enclosure acts were specific legislative acts which privatized lan
by abeppu 2y ago
> No one says it was "stolen from common people", because they have always owned it.
... but enclosure acts were specific legislative acts which privatized land and removed common access. I.e. common people had access to the land, and it was taken away. Whether it is "stolen" is perhaps messier to decide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure#Parliamentary_Inclosure_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure#Parliamentary_Inclos...
Being a monarchy is orthogonal; Norway has a king and right to roam, for example.
- arethuza 2y agoScotland is part of the UK and has right to roam.
- abeppu 2y agoI've heard about Scottish bothies. As an American, culturally it seems hard to imagine not only a right to walk over private land, but land owners sometimes even donating shelter for use by strangers, for free.
- arethuza 2y agoBothies are awesome: https://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/ https://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/ My favourite is probably Camasunary: https://annestravelsandhikes.com/2018/02/16/a-walk-to-camasunary-bay-skye/ https://annestravelsandhikes.com/2018/02/16/a-walk-to-camasu...
- vincebowdren 2y ago> I.e. common people had access to the land Only in a limited sense. The public did not have access to the land; specific "commoners" (local farmers) had specific usage rights e.g. for grazing.