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When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

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695 You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
721 When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
715 Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
664 There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
694 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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