The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth | Aeon Essays
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Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight
  • cerement@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    … despite being thoroughly dissected decades ago, despite being contradicted by millennia of human existence …

    “the tragedy of the commons” was first coined by white supremacist, eugenicist, and Neomalthusian ecologist Garret Hardin in 1968

    — [Andrewism] The REAL Tragedy of the Commons