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graemep 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 'Right to roam' movement fights to give the common...

> There is no "true first owner".

I did not claim there was a "true first owner".

I said that there was ownership by the common people.

groby_b 8 months ago [–]

Which common people? Unless you'd like to treat "the common people" as an amorphous blob?

hgomersall 8 months ago | [–]

The commons: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons

A successful system of land stewardship for many centuries. It was maintained and looked after by the people that lived near to it.

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