Icelanders Vote to Include Commons in Their Constitution

[marmar]

from OnTheCommons.org:


Icelanders Vote to Include Commons in Their Constitution
81 percent want resources not privately owned to be declared national property

| by Jessica Conrad


In late October, Icelanders voted in an advisory referendum on whether their country should adopt a draft Constitution that would replace principles established in 1944. The ballot included six yes-or-no questions on a range of policy changes, but one question in particular caught our attention:

In the new Constitution, do you want natural resources that are not privately owned to be declared national property?

Iceland’s answer was an overwhelming “yes.” 81% voted in favor of declaring the commons precisely what they are: the commons, or valuable assets that belong to everyone. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://onthecommons.org/magazine/icelanders-vote-include-commons-their-constitution

[hobbit709]

1. If this country did what Iceland has done and is doing.

a lot of the 1%ers would be running for their lives.

[Festivito]

2. They'd only be disgusted over having to share.

There lives would be as secure as everyone else's.

[valerief]

7. But the digustingly rich couldn't get disgustingly richer if we did that. nt

[TinkerTot55]

10. Or perhaps more appropriately...

they would be in J A I L , where they belong.

[dipsydoodle]

3. I would think their valuable asset

is their supply of fresh water.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. And their geothermal energy

All the hot water in Reykjavik comes from geothermal sources, and you can tell, because it has a vaguely sulfurous smell.

[dipsydoodle]

9. True.

Hadn't thought of that.

[PETRUS]

4. K&R

And Happy Thanksgiving to you, marmar!

[marmar]

5. Thank you, and same to you, Petrus !

[postulater]

6. This becomes crucial as our resources

Become even more depleted

Here in Wisconsin I'm sitting on top of a ridge of sand that is perfect for injecting into frac wells.

This has the potential to turn our beautiful state into a pockmarked wasteland. And Walker is leading the effort.

[ReRe]

11. Something just occurred to me....

whenever the wingers start their privatizing sales pitch up, why can't We The People answer with the retort of COMMONIZING. Commonize our natural resources, our airwaves, our health care (universal healthcare), etc., etc., etc.??? I know, they would scream socialism, communism. What think?

Turkey in the oven, lettuce crisping..... getting close to T-Day eats!