Ha - Ha - Ha, some self serving debunk this is. Marxism is a failed theory - but the Tragedy of the Commons(TOTC) is an observation of reality - the reality of people whose grasp exceeds their ability to restore what they have consumed. The TOTC is the truth of man's nature - that the nature of man is intrinsically corrupted by the same aspect of organic life as the urge of an amoeba to eat first and starve the other amoebas...?