alt Hacker NewsThe first comment suggests that it was always like this and life has got worse. The second says it has almost never been like this, it was a short-lived condition only. That is in no way a normative statement on how it should be.
The first comment suggests that it was always like this and life has got worse. The second says it has almost never been like this, it was a short-lived condition only. That is in no way a normative statement on how it should be.
The first comment does not suggest "it was always like this", only that it was known, commonly accepted, even declaratively established to be like this.
Truly, though, we did used to own many things in common that are now privately enclosed.