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New page, "The Goose and the Common"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goos

"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back "

Feedback/edits welcome

en.wikipedia.orgThe Goose and the Common - Wikipedia

@douginamug really good! I didn't know of it. My only critique is that the line "such as the seed genetics[5], the human genome[6] and taxpayer funded drug research.[7]" makes no sense to me

Doug Webb

@liaizon the poem gets referenced a lot in research and discussion about privatisation of commons. Those three things are concrete examples where it gets quoted.

Any idea how to phrase better?