odonians teach early that possessiveness is unnatural

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in the daycare, shevek is told "Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it."
- interesting that it's the light of the sun that he's trying to hoard, an inherently abundant resource that can easily be shared
this part kicked off a huge convo on the book club discord
- people felt that the kids being raised away from their parents was super abusive

Source: the dispossessed by ursula k leguin p 43

in the daycare, shevek is told "Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it."

interesting that it's the light of the sun that he's trying to hoard, an inherently abundant resource that can easily be shared

this part kicked off a huge convo on the book club discord

people felt that the kids being raised away from their parents was super abusive

Created: 2026-05-08 Fri 19:00