Since legal aspects of collective intellectual property rights were not yet clearly defined, it was decided not to include intangible cultural heritage expressions under the scope of the 1972 Convention.
It affects everyone: a serf-like dependence on the state, where greater portions of our labor and property are appropriated by the collective at the price of diminished personal freedom.
To restrict private property and the right of exit in favour of collective decisions is to reduce the total number of decisions made and hence limits the range of practical, lived experience from which we may all learn.