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Re:The Feds Are Coming for John Deere over the Right to Repair by HDThoreaun on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:12PM (#41884329)
When the UK enclosed their fields so that they were privately controlled crop yield immediately went up 20%. Theres overwhelming empiric evidence of tragedy of the commons being real.
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Re:The Feds Are Coming for John Deere over the Right to Repair by kennywinker on Sunday October 20, 2024 @01:59AM (#41893219)
it’s a specific viewpoint that chooses to measure success in terms of crop yields, rather than quality of life…

The tragedy of the commons didn’t claim that crop yields are slightly depressed. The claim is that the commons will be overused to the point of threatening to destroy it.

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