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This has to be the most obtuse thing I've read today. First, you bait us in with the bold claim "tragedy of the commons is a fallacy", but then it turns out you
by IIAOPSW 4y ago
This has to be the most obtuse thing I've read today. First, you bait us in with the bold claim "tragedy of the commons is a fallacy", but then it turns out you're not actually going to show a flaw in the idea that the tragedy of the commons is real. Instead you're just playing a word game which leads to some vaguely socialist talking points.
Its particularly tedious as the phrase "tragedy of the commons" has nothing to do with assigning "blame" to the commons (or to the private interests). The phrase itself is not an prescription, merely a diagnosis. Literally no one uses "tragedy of the commons" as capitalism apologia. What an absurd straw man.
No actually, lets not rename all the well established concepts in economics just to give them a certain political lean. That's not actually helpful to understanding anything.
- avgcorrection 4y agoI’m sorry about baiting you into reading 20 words or so. You can go get upset at the more fleshed out comment that I left below. Have fun. > Literally no one uses "tragedy of the commons" as capitalism apologia. What an absurd straw man. Go take a look at WalterBright’s (the person who dropped this phrase) comments on economics.