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The problem is that this what you get when you make a commons without reciprocity or equality. Reciprocity means the producer/upkeeper and consumer each put so
by Noos 7y ago
The problem is that this what you get when you make a commons without reciprocity or equality.
Reciprocity means the producer/upkeeper and consumer each put something into the commons that balances out mutual needs. if only a few people can create or maintain, the many users must contribute in a lesser fashion to enable them.
Equality means that everyone create or maintain, so the burden isn't shared on a small group. If we are all farmers, we can each handle a share of a common field.
But this kind of commons is asymmetrical, and that's why you'll never see people pay the bills anywhere near close to the need. This kind of common can really only be noblesse oblige, where people with abundant resources give charity. It isn't, so people struggle.
- burrows 7y agoThe idea of "everyone" owning something, ie a commons, is a contradiction. If everyone owns it, then no one owns it. Assume the thing has exactly one owner. Then "reciprocity" and "equality" are addressed by the owner charging a fee to use the thing. Currency exchanged by consumers compensates the owner-operator's work.