Gerald Celente on the Commerce of Rare Earth Minerals

New interview on RT America where I discuss my forecasts in the commerce of rare earth minerals.https://t.co/TzDZcUUA7Z

— Gerald Celente (@geraldcelente) April 22, 2021

A Matter of Justice Difficult to Resolve Thanks to Oligarchy and Statism

“The main obstacle preventing a younger generation from entering #farming is a lack of access to land,” says @YoungFarmers. https://t.co/MmulCLCCCn

— Rodale Institute (@RodaleInstitute) December 28, 2020

I just wish S had been willing to push the implications for our present world of crisis a little further

Ah well, 'English Shanin' explores in his book (& will soon be further exploring on his blog) some places where actual Shanin won't quite go 😀https://t.co/JPYzdlgc9g

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) December 27, 2020

Preparing for today's @Center4NewEcon board meeting, I am rewatching @GeorgeMonbiot's lecture calling for change to the way we manage land.

"There isn't enough land for private luxury, but there's enough for private sufficiency & public luxury."

💚https://t.co/dHL61tVrnK

— Niamh Leonard (@niamhcauleo) December 17, 2020

Maintaining a Charade

The USSA has not yet admitted that the decay of its socio-economic order is unstoppable, and so the 'internal gulag' has yet to be breached. https://t.co/eWcNnD10Ag

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) December 8, 2020

If you still believe that America's systemic points of failure are endlessly sustainable, please study these four charts and extend the trendlines. https://t.co/YqoqN6iUDt

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) December 7, 2020

Meanwhile, oligarchs seeking greater control over natural resources.

Water has now joined gold, oil, and other commodities traded on Wall Street. The rich are making it clear that they know our most life-sustaining natural resource is becoming more scarce, and they plan to profit off of it. #WaterIsLife https://t.co/25uauj16P3

— The Story of Stuff Project (@storyofstuff) December 8, 2020

Data confirms today’s growing divide between rich + poor is continuation of a trend that started in the 1970s with the rise of #corporatist + #neoliberal economic policies — dubbed "#trickledown #economics." #TheDefender @COMMONDREAMS https://t.co/sJA3gzrVk9

— Children's Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) December 7, 2020

The Need for... Distributism

"Taking the rising value of property and the growth of landless populations into account for the first time, the report calculates land inequality is 41% higher than previously believed."

Our small farmers need permanent, affordable access to #land.https://t.co/k15IvtjnAR

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) November 27, 2020

Though painted with too wide a brush, Andro Linklater still creates a fascinating and imaginative portrait of the history of land ownership. https://t.co/a4LzqTCv14

— Law & Liberty (@LawLiberty) November 27, 2020

Edit.

A new study has revealed just how concentrated farmland ownership is: one percent of the world’s #farms operate a whopping 70% of crop fields. @guardian https://t.co/ebNbZ3wkfk

— Rodale Institute (@RodaleInstitute) November 28, 2020

But the Land is for the People, a Community

Not for atomized individuals to claim based on the rights defined by liberal justice

"The idea that #land should be treated from an economic point of view as it if were a commodity that you buy and sell and make money on has to change. Land can’t be treated that way. It has to be treated as a form of #trust, and we have to be stewards of the land."

-Bob Swann

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) November 12, 2020

Again, No Commons without a Community

Another interesting review of my book, again emphasising the key political issue of access to land.

More from me on this in due course! https://t.co/mjKG5W9Okr

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) November 5, 2020

"Over generations, open theft of #common heritage became disguised as private property, hiding behind legal contracts and the cold fiction of money as wealth."

For more info, check out our "Reinventing the Commons" program here: https://t.co/kq08MhQspEhttps://t.co/aVxkVAUDZM

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) November 5, 2020

"For [Elinor] Ostrom, we are not customers, users, or dependents. We are each participants: co-authors in our own flourishing and that of those close to us."

Three cheers for #community power! @Shareable https://t.co/Y6MW6pl9R2

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) November 3, 2020

Can't Have a Commons without First Having a Community

Anything else would be a utopian statist imposition

"We are at a tipping point between an old system and a new. It is a moment of great volatility. Our duty is to be prepared to step into that moment with a new story..."

Read our latest newsletter: "Changing the Narrative of Land Ownership." #LandCommonshttps://t.co/iseJW6n3Yx

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) November 3, 2020

How returning land to a more natural state can help the climate, the local environment, and nearby communities. A great conversation w/ @judithdschwartz , John Liu, and Dale Wilman @earthinstitute #restoration #thereindeerchronicleshttps://t.co/7e1T5U8HQh

— chelseagreen (@chelseagreen) November 3, 2020

This Is What Oligarchy Does

“In the last decade, private land in the United States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. Today, just 100 families own about 42 million acres across the country.”

We cannot afford to continue treating #land as a commodity.https://t.co/HOYDTEWLQu

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) September 17, 2020

And the Federal Government...

This is What Oligarchy Does

Driving Dispossession: The Global Push to “Unlock the Economic Potential of Land,” sounds the alarm on the unprecedented wave of privatization of natural resources that is underway around the world.https://t.co/LEa9ME8qmp. @oak_institute.

— Local Futures (@EconofHappiness) August 23, 2020