Bromo > wrote in
:

>> He actually thought that was gone and passé. He was merely
>> stating that private ownership of land is either outright theft
>> of a communal resource or it perpetuates such a theft which
>> occured in the past.
>
> Marx was kind of goofy that way.

Hardly. It's a canny observation, and I gather one you were unaware
of until now.

I happen to agree with property
> rights - even hunter gatherer tribes had foraging grounds and
> would (and still do) defend territory - the "right" to forage off
> of it.

However, those were communal rights. You can't confuse communal and
individual rights. They are often at right angles to each others and
if individual rights obtain gain de cause, then communities cease to
exist.

> But rather than get into a giant argument about Communism in a
> food group - how is this related to food?

Food gathered on communal lands is available to everyone. Once
someone claims and enforces ownership, resources previously available
are either limited or must be traded. It has a lot to do with the
pauperizing of the overall diet.

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"I'm the master of low expectations."

GWB, aboard Air Force One, 04Jun2003