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Elaine Bernard:
With deregulation, privatisation, free trade, what we're seeing is yet another enclosure and, if you like, private taking of the commons. One of the things I find very interesting in our current debates is this concept of who creates wealth. That wealth is only created when it's owned privately. What would you call clean water, fresh air, a safe environment? Are they not a form of wealth? And why does it only become wealth when some entity puts a fence around it and declares it private property? Well, you know, that's not wealth creation. That's wealth usurpation
With deregulation, privatisation, free trade, what we're seeing is yet another enclosure and, if you like, private taking of the commons. One of the things I find very interesting in our current debates is this concept of who creates wealth. That wealth is only created when it's owned privately. What would you call clean water, fresh air, a safe environment? Are they not a form of wealth? And why does it only become wealth when some entity puts a fence around it and declares it private property? Well, you know, that's not wealth creation. That's wealth usurpation
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With deregulation privatization free trade
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what we're seeing is yet another enclosure
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and if you like private taking of the commons
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One of the things I find very interesting
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in our current debates
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is this concept of who creates wealth
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That wealth is only created when it's owned privately
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What would you call clean water fresh air
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a safe environment
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Are they not a form of wealth
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And why does it only become wealth when some entity
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puts a fence around it and declares it private property
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Well you know that's not wealth creation
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That's wealth usurpation
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Movie Summary
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
