>>21481680Yes, and why do only a handful of people get to appropriate that value and turn it into use values? Because they were the first to the top of the political mountain?
Enclosure or inclosure[a] is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste"[b:lit] or "common land"[c], enclosing it, and by doing so depriving commoners of their rights of access and privilege. Agreements to enclose land could be either through a formal or informal process.[4] The process could normally be accomplished in three ways. First there was the creation of "closes",[d] taken out of larger common fields by their owners.[e] Secondly, there was enclosure by proprietors, owners who acted together, usually small farmers or squires, leading to the enclosure of whole parishes. Finally there were enclosures by acts of Parliament.[6]
The primary reason for enclosure was to improve the efficiency of agriculture.[7] However, there were other motives too, one example being that the value of the land enclosed would be substantially increased.[8] There were social consequences to the policy, with many protests at the removal of rights from the common people. Enclosure riots are seen by historians as 'the pre-eminent form' of social protest from the 1530s to 1640s.[7][9]
