• Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Should be noted that Europe had commons for hundreds and hundreds of years before they all got enclosured and they managed them just fine with local-level spontaneous democracy.

    Also the “tragedy of the commons” as we know it today was invented by a malthusian in the 1960s and everybody who invokes it as an argument against socialism ignores the part of the essay where the author advocates for central planning

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Americans: “Tragedy of the Commons proves that people are incapable of working together for mutual benefit, because personal greed will always lead to the devastation of the collective common good.”

    Chinese: “Why do you not simply arrest and punish the bad actors in your society when they overstep and impede on the general welfare?”

    Americans: “Because that’s fascism. Also, we’re arresting and deporting you for asking.”