Res publica – the common wealth

res publica

The “public thing”, i.e. everything that needs to be managed, maintained and regulated by “everybody”.

common property

Everything that is owned by “everybody”. The material part of the res publica.

public transport

The infrastructure that gives individual humans the freedom of moving physically around.

(see also Does Estonia need a new political party? and (see also Wednesday, October 9, 2019 and Public transport should be paid by those who don’t use it)