Dean · @gdjp
71 followers · 866 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

The perception and property rights of the wealthy class blinds them to the rights of the and for the protection of unique and important wild lands. This real estate developer says "I have a right to build on that property," Banks told CBC News in an interview Wednesday. "The province approved it… and at the end of the day, that's what's going to happen."
cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edwa

#commons #privateproperty #privilege #realestate #pei #atlanticcanada

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
46430 followers · 44032 posts · Server mamot.fr
· @Newstarget
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· @NaturalNews
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G K Chesterton Quotes · @GKCDaily
33 followers · 119 posts · Server mstdn.party

The secret strength of the money he (rich man) held did not lie merely in the fact that it was his money. It lay precisely in the fact that nobody had any clear idea of whether it was his money, or his successor's money, or his brother's money, or his Company's money, or the Liberal Party's money, or the English Nation's money. It was buried treasure; but it was not private property.
--G K Chesterton (1917) "Utopia of Users"

#capitalism #property #oligarchs #privateproperty #history #quotes

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G K Chesterton Quotes · @GKCDaily
31 followers · 118 posts · Server mstdn.party

The rich man to-day does not only rule by using private property; he also rules by treating public property as if it were private property.
--G K Chesterton (1917) "Utopia of Users"

gkc.org.uk/gkc/books/2134.txt

#capitalism #property #privateproperty #public #exploitation #plutocracy #EatTheRich #history #historyrepeat #gkchesterton #quotes

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1274 followers · 11541 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Unsustainable Brigade · @ecosurrealism
196 followers · 997 posts · Server jorts.horse
Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
1416 followers · 2841 posts · Server zirk.us

@currentbias
sorry 'national guard'? That's a US institution.... though I can see your point, as noted in a previous exchange I am less critical of than you (and otehers) are

#privateproperty

Last updated 2 years ago

Danny Redwoods · @DannyRedwoods
75 followers · 87 posts · Server mastodon.social
tolortslubor · @tolortslubor
215 followers · 2318 posts · Server mas.to

@profpieters @baldur @pluralistic I am curious how can assert rights to someone’s copyrighted images, if they contracted with a designer who used an adobe product and didn’t click to opt out

#privateproperty #intellectualproperty #copyright #adobe

Last updated 2 years ago

Anders Baerbock · @AndersBaerbock
20 followers · 139 posts · Server mastodon.social
Anders Baerbock · @AndersBaerbock
20 followers · 139 posts · Server mastodon.social
James · @JamesieMcJamesFace
102 followers · 98 posts · Server mastodon.ie

Interesting, but unsurprising to see the beginning of the commodification and corporatisation of Mastodon begin with the purchases of some of the largest . It highlights once again how we have no control or ownership of our communication platforms. The solution is clear, we need public ownership of our technology/ social media / communication platforms to utilize the full potential of their benefits for the social good.

#instances #democratic #privateproperty #publicownership #socialism

Last updated 2 years ago

Jesse Turri (he/him) · @jesseturri
2 followers · 5 posts · Server zirk.us
Ladrillo_azul · @Ladrillo_azul
39 followers · 698 posts · Server home.social

If working hard would be the key to make money slaves would've been the richest people on earth.

The truth is that privileges is the real key. Whether genetic-random privileges or social man-made privileges.

The chalenge is to create a fair game market where everybody no matter his/her race, beauty, connections, etc. can unfold their inner abilities and get money for that.

#capitalism #freemarket #inclusion #noputblicbenefits #fairplay #selfresponsability #familyvalues #privateproperty

Last updated 2 years ago

✒️__📄 · @redwater
167 followers · 78 posts · Server mas.to

which is why this is an area where we can see clearly that a regime would be incompatible with a regime

#privateproperty #humanrights

Last updated 2 years ago

Knowledge•Well-Being•Action · @KWA
199 followers · 8622 posts · Server brighteon.social
· @billybon3s
310 followers · 4789 posts · Server noagendasocial.com

Hellooo People of the Internet!
The latest episode of A Walk Through the Mind is available.
Today, I would like to talk about "A Tale of Two Trails."

billybon3s.com/ThePodcast.html

#seattle #outdoors #podcast #thursdaythoughts #privateproperty

Last updated 3 years ago

tripu · @tripu
163 followers · 1324 posts · Server qoto.org

@aral

mastodon.technology/@tripu/103

mastodon.technology/@tripu/100

👆 That’s in a nutshell my own criticism of those advocating the end of . WDTY?

Of course, I agree that capitalism has flaws and presents unique risks, and that it has to be regulated and improved (eg, eg). But that’s also true about so many great ideas and institutions we have, and yet calling for their disappearance would be naïve and reckless.

Democracy can degenerate in populism or end up oppressing minorities, the Law may serve to enshrine discrimination or injustice, Science can bring about disasters or unethical developments… — yet there are no viable alternatives to those.

How are , , voluntary cooperation, and private contracts (ie, Capitalism) any different to the above? What would you replace them with?

#capitalism #privateproperty #freemarkets

Last updated 3 years ago