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Commons & Populism

a political tradition for the age of corporate enclosure

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But lets the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from off the goose.

— anonymous · 17th century · english enclosure protest

We are loyal to place.

We are loyal to neighbors.

We are loyal to the commons we hold together.

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We are not loyal to the corporate entities that fence what we share.

We are not loyal to the parties that take our vote and forget us.

We are not loyal to the experts who explain why we cannot govern ourselves.

We are Commoners. We have been Commoners for four hundred years.

"They say it can't be done.
We say it has been done, for four hundred years."

Commoner

·n·a person who holds the commons in common. Loyal to neighborhood. Materially honest. Anti-extraction. Member of a 400-year tradition.

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Start

1 · Read the philosophy.
2 · Map your local enclosure.
3 · Talk to one neighbor.
4 · Sign a trust edge in person.
5 · Repeat for 30 months.

commons.onl · local-first · encrypted · sovereign
free to copy · free to post · free to amend · this artifact is itself a commons