III. On devaluing Land A land division system operates such that the State of California is divided into cities and Indian reservations counties, public (non-consumable) and private (exploitable) land and the private sector further subdivided by private ownership, where the size of the parcel is determined by the financial capability of the individual who possesses it and the use is limited by legal codes biased toward exploitation, independent of long term ecological consequences A land consuming system operates such that public (communal lands) are so designated and preserved from private exploitation only when there is clear and present danger that one resource must be preserved in order to exploit another Or When private interest has not yet developed the vision, technology or market to make exploitation profitable Or Where a public consensus has developed that a given piece of land has aesthetic features of sufficient communal value to preserve it from private consumption and private exploitation cannot muster sufficient energies to override that consensus Or When communal guilt has established legal barriers to consumption