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The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth (aeon.co)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (14 children)

The features of successful systems, Ostrom and her colleagues found, include clear boundaries (the ‘community’ doing the managing must be well-defined); reliable monitoring of the shared resource; a reasonable balance of costs and benefits for participants; a predictable process for the fast and fair resolution of conflicts; an escalating series of punishments for cheaters; and good relationships between the community and other layers of authority, from household heads to international institutions.

Somehow the author extrapolates this into 'Tragedy can be avoided, therefore it doesn't exist and is a myth'. What is this ridiculous logic?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

You misunderstood the article. The entire idea of a "tragedy of the commons" is an vast oversimplification used to justify privatising commonly held resources and thus stealing from the current users.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing this. I've bookmarked it to read later when I can focus.

It's so hard to correct misconceptions once they've taken hold in the public consciousness, especially something that's been used as an excuse to uphold an inherently inequitable system. Often, people will change their view once they've had time to process. As someone who is rather stubborn and learned about the tragedy of the commons in college, I have some firsthand experience with this lol

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