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  1. …in reply to @montezumachavez
    montezumachavez RobertJBateman dmarti robinberjon alextcone swodinsky Ryanbarwick aexm atgrote Arguably both Sale and Share are the wrong word, but adding Share feels more like closing a loophole. It's still talking about Sales because what would the point of a Share if it didn't lead to that in some way. I mean no law uses the right word here: "Exploit".
    1. …in reply to @Chronotope
      montezumachavez RobertJBateman dmarti robinberjon alextcone swodinsky Ryanbarwick aexm atgrote We exploit oil. We exploit minerals. We exploit farm fields. The right term for a process by which we take a resource, declare it is freely available, & then transform it into something we can claim ownership over and turn into capital is "Exploit" just like it has ever been...
      1. …in reply to @Chronotope
        montezumachavez RobertJBateman dmarti robinberjon alextcone swodinsky Ryanbarwick aexm atgrote We didn't Sell and Share land from the Native Americans. We didn't Sell and Share slave labor. We didn't Sell and Share the common land. We don't Sell and Share the environment to the point we're burning our planet. We *Exploited*. No one wants to use the word is all.


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