Like Planet Earth. The problem is not common ownership per se but the fact that people can profit from things without paying the full costs.
It's deeply embedded in capitalism, where the motive is to privatise profits and socialise costs. It was at the heart of Thatcherism and Reaganism and is at the heart of the thinking of the leading Brexiteers who want 'deregulation' which is their way of saying 'we don't want to pay the full costs, otherwise we won't make as much money'. > On 17 Jan 2019, at 21:06, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > You mean like public housing ! > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: John <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: A car park wall >> >> >>> It's been found that things owned in common become the shittiest things >>> there >>> are. >> >> You mean like National Parks and stuff like that? >> >> >> >>> On 1/17/2019 11:24:30, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> Property ownership... If you don't believe in that, well that's a mighty >>> nice >>> camera you have there. I think I'll just take it to use for myself. >>> >>> It's been found that things owned in common become the shittiest things >>> there >>> are. Maybe that's because people are just awful, but if you want something >>> to >>> be taken care of give someone or some group ownership. It's a simple >>> concept >>> that works more often than it doesn't. >>> >>>> On 1/12/2019 11:22 AM, John wrote: >>>>> On 1/12/2019 08:02:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>>> You took the words right out of my mouth. >>>>> <G> >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:22 AM mike wilson <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Excellent. Highlights the paradox (keeping out or keeping in) of fences, >>>>>> whilst contrasting the difference between the stasis of boundaries and >>>>>> the >>>>>> fluidity of travel. At the same time, with the hint of road, it shows >>>>>> that >>>>>> barriers prevent us (symbolised by the caravans) from fulfilling our >>>>>> destinies. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Something there is that doesn’t love a fence. >>>>> Before I built a fence I’d ask to know >>>>> What I was fencing in or fencing out, >>>>> And to whom I was like to give offense. >>>>> Good fences make good neighbors. >>>>> >>>> >>>> So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house >>>> "Hey! What gives you the right? >>>> To put up a fence to keep me out >>>> Or to keep Mother Nature in >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
