Subject: Re: [permaculture] It's free on the web/ was question about PCDcourseprices
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:42:42 -0700
Toby Hemenway wrote:
> Ownership entails
responsibility; common property is abused.
..... in an irresponsible society. In 3rd world places where people have for centuries
lived on "common land" with little or no
clearly-defined ownership rights, this is a system that has worked well and has satisfied their need to know that they have "rights" to the
land they live and work on, something not in question and that they have to worry about. This applies to countries such as
Phillipines, Guatemala, Mexico and many more. Of course, in the recent past, unscrupulous types have on occasion sought to abrogate those
rights. Various locations, possibly in Mexico, including Chiapas and Guerrero and definitely in Guatemala and Phillipines (see the "Golf
Wars" documentary) are examples of common land agreements being violated by outsiders for their own profit.