Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Men and women should share ownership of the world equally, treating it as a shared resource rather than a divided territory.
- In plain terms
- Everyone should share the world together.
- What can you take from it?
- Global resources belong to all people equally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can we redefine ownership to be more inclusive?
- What does mutual possession look like in practice?
Another view
Ownership is often complicated by existing borders and legal systems.
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