Reclaiming the Commons

NeuroManson writes "What do fresh air, medicine, culture, copyright, and government have in common? Perhaps not exactly what you think. Up until recently, I considered the term "commons" as an archaic term from Victorian or Elizabethan times. However, apparently it still exists both as a concept and a philosophy. Despite its almost ancient connotations, it's an eye opener regarding how concepts centuries old hold true even today, but much like freedom, require eternal vigilance to protect, and covers everything from the air you breath through the GNU, HDTV, and copyright issues. Read on." Bollier's article and the responses are superb intellectual reading. If you don't have time today, bookmark it, come back later.

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Ballence

[ClarkEvans]

Bollier leaves himself wide open to this sort of wimsical attack. Bollier is not in any way proposing communism or anything 'left wing'. He's talking about bringing things back into ballence.

Capitalism and Democracy are a symbiotic pair. You cannot have one without the other. Too much Capitalism (where money controls everything) and you loose your democracy, it becomes totalitarian. Too much Democracy and you loose innovation, and things become an Animal Farm.

Currently we are flirting with totalitarianism, under the disguise of capitalism.