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in reply to @Greenbank

Sure, it's not sustainable if everyone does it, but only a few people do so that line of reasoning is pointless.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

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itsbruce in reply to @

I've always hated that phrase and the way it is used (mostly by right wing ideologues), because that's not what happened to the actual commons. The real tragedy of the commons was the Inclosure Acts.

So "no" to this:

@SwissChap

whereas this is exactly the issue with things like over-fishing, or indeed the original commons.

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SwissChap in reply to @itsbruce

No with respect to the original commons you mean? Because as a principle / concept, the 'tragedy of the commons' definitely holds, even if something else was needed to make the situation arise in the first place.

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