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		mc32 on June 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Recent Automation Revolution As long as people have to do things with land and resources there has to be a way to enforce use. It’s not like collectivism or communism or anything else allows interlopers to seize things willy nilly. Peasants in Cuba or the Soviet Union couldn’t just squat on land and do as they pleased. The kulaks are a good testament to what happens in those circumstances.

ClumsyPilot on June 10, 2020 [–]

Kulas are not quite the same thing.

Common land used to be a thing, you could graze your animals there, etc. https://www.gov.uk/common-land-village-greens

Today, air and seawater are common resources that are being taken willi nilly and polluted

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