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