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Re:The End of California? by dchichkov on Monday May 04, 2015 @02:20PM (#9488001)
Normally I would support libertarian attitude, but in that case it seems like a pretty reasonable Governor was elected by people, precisely because these people wanted these particular strokes of the pen, instating reasonable control over access to common resource. Democracy at work.

Attitude "...If I’m an overlying landowner, I have the right to pump as much water as I can..." leads only to the tragedy of the commons and ensuing disaster...

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Re:The End of California? by fweespeech on Monday May 04, 2015 @02:57PM (#9488265)
I wasn't supporting the libertarian view. ;)

I'm just explaining why this came about. This is very much a tragedy of the commons where one sector of the economy was able to profit from this privilege and socialize the costs now that it is a problem for them.

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