"For the power of inclosing Land, and owning Propriety, was brought into the Creation by your Ancestors by the Sword; which first did murther their fellow Creatures, Men, and after plunder or steal away their Land, and left this Land successively to you, their Children. And therefore, though you did not kill or theeve, yet you hold that cursed thing in your hand, by the power of the Sword; and so you justifie the wicked deeds of your Fathers; and that sin of your Fathers, shall be visited upon the Head of you, and your Children, to the third and fourth Generation, and longer too, till your bloody and theeving power be rooted out of the Land."

[–] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Land value tax wouldn't totally fix this, but it would help a lot.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Great quote. Who said this?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Gerrard Winstanley.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I love hearing about these old struggles. Our history presents it as if everyone just accepted the tyranny of that time but the reality is people have always been fighting the same fight.

It's also nice to know that some of my ancestors were trying to help people instead of all of the awful things the aristocracy were doing.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago

It's both heartening and disheartening. It's good to see the people of the time didn't accept the bullshit either, but it also hurts to see we've been fighting the same fight for hundreds (probably more like thousands, or tens of thousands) of years, and we're not much closer to winning.