How Big Tech is pulling off the biggest 'land grab' in centuries
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The village of Wigston Magna in Leicestershire, England, has roots dating all the way back to the 6th century.
Today, it’s a sizable commuter town, just about four miles outside of Leicester. But for much of Wigston’s history, the place was a much more unassuming agricultural community.
For centuries, subsistence farming was the dominant way of life there. Farmers grazed animals on shared pasture, grew food on shared fields, and gathered lumber from shared forests. Those working the land weren’t wealthy, but they were free.
