Ownership subordinates a thing to a human being and makes what was at large and wild into a possession, something of ourselves. [1]

Reflections

"Early ownership of land was probably more akin to a generally-recognized right of stewardship, ensuring people had an incentive to work the land and could justly benefit from their labors. [...] The transition from the early days when ownership of land was as unthinkable as ownership of the sky, sun, and moon, to the present day when nearly every square foot of the earth is subject to ownership of one sort or another, is really just the story of our changing view of ourselves in relation to the universe." ~ Charles Eisenstein [1]

Contexts

• [1] Natural Capital, The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein

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