Re:Debunking the tragedy of the commons (2008)
by bryanrasmussen on Monday January 15, 2018 @10:11AM
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Yes, as long as there is no controller of the commons that prevents these abuses they probably would happen; interestingly the first time I heard about it was in Junior High when it was definitely sold as "This is why socialism doesn't work kids!" and I remember being confused because my media-fed understanding of rural England in the timeframe was that whoever tried something like would end up inside the Wicker-Man.
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Re:Debunking the tragedy of the commons (2008)
by frabbit on Monday January 15, 2018 @10:18AM
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"as long as there is no controller of the commons that prevents these abuses they probably would happen"
That is exactly the opposite of what the article argues.
Re:Debunking the tragedy of the commons (2008)
by bryanrasmussen on Monday January 15, 2018 @11:53AM
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No - quote from article "Hardin simply ignored what actually happens in a real commons: self-regulation by the communities involved." it argues that Hardin, to make his point, ignored that of course there was a controller of the commons - the communities involved, as communities will, kept control and did not allow any single member of the community to abuse them.