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SteveJones37
on Sept 7, 2017
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The rich people owned that land already. The poor leased it.
gjjrfcbugxbhf
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It looks like the rich only owned it because it was gifted to them by the crown - and the crown only owned it because they took it by force. Maybe all this was legal but only because the laws were bad.
arethuza
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Actually, in lots of areas of Scotland local chiefs willingly became feudal lords gaining "official" title for their lands.
mcguire
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...became feudal lords gaining "official"
personal
title to their
clans'
lands, IIUC.
arethuza
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Exactly - what was communal became personal. Which if not
legally
theft was certainly the moral equivalent.
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aka rich people stealing land from poor people.
SteveJones37
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How the British aristocracy preserved their power
The aristocracy run the army, get a veto on the government, own most of the land and are rich enough to bribe god. Those enough reasons for you?
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