- Enclosure is the opposite of [[Commoning]] in that
  it separates what commoning otherwise connects: people and land, you
  and me, present and future generations, technical infrastructures and
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  their governance, rulers and the ruled, wilderness lands and the people
  who have stewarded them for generations. Enclosure is included here
  as a commons-friendly term (even though it is a hostile act!) because it
  enables us to name the private appropriation of shared wealth.
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