I don’t believe this thread was started in order to create division. I believe it was intended to foster conversation, which it has. I believe it was intended to provide a voice to both sides of the customary use issue. And it has. As for division, you say that words such as “socialist” and “capitalist” are used in order to divide people. But what about words like “elite wealth”, “power broker” and “abuse of power”? Or telling people that they can’t handle the truth or don’t want to know the truth, just because their opinion is different than yours? Or saying that those who want to exercise their private property rights, or believe in another’s ability to do so, are thinking with their money, abuse power, have elite wealth, don’t have anyone’s best interests in mind other than their own, believe in their greatness, etc… I could go on. Aren’t those statements divisive?
I personally don’t have any power to abuse. I don’t have elite wealth. I do have other’s best interests in mind above my own. And that is exactly why I don’t support customary use. I don’t own beachfront, but I believe in the beachfront owners’ right to private property.