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.
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6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 274d
What is exclusive? Relics and sacred temples were pretty exclusive in the past.
Nikko882@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 274d
I assumed op meant exclusive access in the sense of "this is mine, and nobody else is allowed to use it".
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 274d
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.
myplacedk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 274d
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.
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 274d
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.
myplacedk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 273d
True, I didn't think that far back.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 274d
Tragedy of the commons. As communities grow bigger and more distant, commons become more open to abuse