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Odin2005

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6. Yup, hence the line "Walls spring up at their command".

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 26, 2012, 08:04 PM

Jun 2012

IMO the problem was not enclosure in and of itself, the problem was that it was done in a way that destroyed communities and their social support. It essentially turned the gentry from being feudal lords of the manor who ruled over their subjects into proto-capitalist landlords who hired laborers to work for them.

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I found the perfect anthem for Occupy. [View all] Odin2005 Jun 2012 OP

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Good find, Odin! pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #2

I've always thought this oldie was the one that occupy should adopt. Blanks Jun 2012 #3

Cool. limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #4

Much more than just the surface nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #5

Yup, hence the line "Walls spring up at their command". Odin2005 Jun 2012 #6