Submitted 3 weeks ago by YICHM@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
*or they. idk.
More than ever? Probably not.
Theft has pretty much always been a crime. Picking an apple from the King’s orchard could get you killed in some places.
I’d say it’s probably about the same, aside from a few specific cultures that weren’t built on the concept of property.
Who does? What kind of objects?
“Share economy” seems bigger than ever to me. Just a few years ago it wasn’t even a thing.
Bigger than ever in post industrial society, maybe. Pre-industrial times almost everyone shared almost everything. The ones who didn’t share were rich, and even they often would invite guests to stay for a whole season semi-regularly because of their ridiculously big houses and desire for entertainment.
True, I didn’t think that far back.
Tragedy of the commons. As communities grow bigger and more distant, commons become more open to abuse
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What is exclusive? Relics and sacred temples were pretty exclusive in the past.
Nikko882@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I assumed op meant exclusive access in the sense of “this is mine, and nobody else is allowed to use it”.