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>Communal ownership is not free market, hence the tragedy of the commons is not a failure of the free market. Ah yes so in this free-market utopia shall we pur
by aeternum 4y ago
>Communal ownership is not free market, hence the tragedy of the commons is not a failure of the free market.
Ah yes so in this free-market utopia shall we purchase bottled air from Nestle for our breathing needs?
Shall all aerospace companies pay a toll to the estate of Yuri Gagarin whenever they launch a rocket? He was the first in space so must have the most logical claim to the ownership rights. His estate could then help us avoid Kessler syndrome.
- WalterBright 4y agoIsn't climate change the result of communal ownership of the air? As for space, the orbits are full of dangerous space junk. A classic tragedy of the commons.
- aeternum 4y agoMuch of the most heavily polluted land in the US is privately owned, so I don't see how that eliminates the issue. I'd be much more concerned with issues like groundwater contamination, seeping gasses, and toxic waste dumping.
- WalterBright 4y ago> groundwater contamination, seeping gasses, and toxic waste dumping Are all not allowed in a free market. A free market does not condone damaging other people or their property. BTW, US military bases are on some of the most polluted ground because they polluted it.
- aeternum 4y agoHow would aviation, water-rights, or even building a railroad/tunnel work in your pure free market society? Can factories actually exist without 'damaging' the air or water runoff to other people's property?
- tdeck 4y agoSo your definition of a free market is one in which there is no possible resource that isn't owned and commodified?
- WalterBright 4y agoNo, I didn't say that. I did say that all communal ownership resources are subject to tragedy of the commons.