There was, and is, no tragedy of the commons. It is an a-historical thought experiment by pro-capitalist writers. The commons work well enough, and are managed

There was, and is, no tragedy of the commons. It is an a-historical thought experiment by pro-capitalist writers. The commons work well enough, and are managed collectively. Want to read the high-brow argument? Try: https://anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionI.html#seci6 https://anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionI.html#seci6 Want the lived-experience argument? I live in Palestine. Palestinian villages managed their lands collectively for ages and ages, up until the 20th century. This broke down not because anybody was misusing the commons, or fencing, or whatever - it broke down because the damn Ottomans started a land registry and you got a few people making themselves official owners of huge swaths of land they should not have had any claim to. So the only tragedy was external elements disrupting the commons by force.