"People will ruin the commons because everyone cares only for their own gain, which is why control of the world's environment and resources needs to be in the hands of corporations each of which has no goal but to maximize its own profit"
the commons were well regulated initially what happened was around the time of the industrial revolution rich people especially the new bourgeoise class used their wealth and access to all the armed bodies of men they had lying around and stole shit and ignored the regulations. The tragedy of the commons rests on a historically inaccurate model of common ownership where everyone is free to do as they please
they then built a bunch of fences around the land they stole from everybody else and the law said it was theirs now
"People will ruin the commons because everyone cares only for their own gain, which is why control of the world's environment and resources needs to be in the hands of corporations each of which has no goal but to maximize its own profit"
the commons were well regulated initially what happened was around the time of the industrial revolution rich people especially the new bourgeoise class used their wealth and access to all the armed bodies of men they had lying around and stole shit and ignored the regulations. The tragedy of the commons rests on a historically inaccurate model of common ownership where everyone is free to do as they please
they then built a bunch of fences around the land they stole from everybody else and the law said it was theirs now
"What if the tragedy of the commons was our entire ideology?"