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Land in Hawaii is money. What I’m talking about here is ceded land – land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.

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So there’s always been this clash between what is the public good – that which belongs to all of us in common – and what can be exploited for a private interest.

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Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

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May 18, 2024

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

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May 18, 2024

So there’s always been this clash between what is the public good – that which belongs to all of us in common – and what can be exploited for a private interest.

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