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1. Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jan-2016 18:03:45 EST Bob Mottram

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   • Christopher M. Hobbs
   • Brian Small
   @cmhobbs @bsmall2 There's a long history of common land being taken over by private interests, often by force.
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 12:12:16 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @cmhobbs The Linux Foundation is a microcosm of how proprietarians always try to colonise the commons and then repurpose it.
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 12:14:07 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @cmhobbs I'm not sure whether the Linux Foundation actually does anything useful, or is just a club for corporates
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 14:37:28 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @cmhobbs The original tragedy of commons idea is mostly a fallacy. The real tragedy arrives with exploitation by profiteers
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 14:40:27 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @cmhobbs I recently read a native American account of how the white man arrives, claims to own, destroys natural wealth and then leaves
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 19:02:58 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @blp I'd say "one member/supporter, one vote"
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 23-Jan-2016 19:06:24 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @blp Also I'd suggest that Linus not be the ultimate maintainer all the time. That could also be subject to election, or cycle occasionally
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Sunday, 24-Jan-2016 04:03:01 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @cmhobbs this is why I'm in favour of basic income
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Jan-2016 11:39:28 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @cmhobbs @blp http://matriarchy.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=146
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Jan-2016 11:46:05 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @cmhobbs @blp not that it's really an option to go back to being hunter-gatherers. Too much environment has already been destroyed
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Jan-2016 11:46:30 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @cmhobbs @blp this is of course the proletarian's dilemma
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Jan-2016 12:01:22 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @cmhobbs @blp if there's a future commons-based society it might have some similarities to the past but would also need new ideas
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Jan-2016 12:02:39 EST Bob Mottram

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     • blp
     @cmhobbs @blp also, private land is a relatively new idea of the last few centuries
   • Bob Mottram (bashrc)'s status on Saturday, 30-Jan-2016 18:05:57 EST Bob Mottram

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     • Brian Small
     @cmhobbs @bsmall2 recent privatisations are just the latest moves in a very long game, intended to bolster the ownership claims of a few