On 2/16/04 10:11 PM, in article ,
"Michel Boucher" > wrote:

>> 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.

Agriculture did that - since to be a successful farmer, one must be able to
work the land and get the food from it. Attempts at group ownership by
communist countries generally have led to starvation when there hadn't been
before.

Still, you seem rather dyed in the wool (presumptuous on my part, but the
posts seem to lead me in that way) so I do not expect you to change your
mind.