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The legal art of fencing off shared land and calling it progress.
means The historical process of converting common, openly-used land into privately owned, fenced-off property.
from From Latin includere, to shut in, via Old French; the word turned brutal in 16th-18th century England, when landlords hedged off the commons villagers had grazed for centuries.
Wool over peopleSheep pastures often replaced entire farming villages.
Acts of ParliamentOver 5,000 laws legalized British enclosures.
Coined a classDisplaced commoners helped fuel the Industrial Revolution's workforce.