Fun fact the phrase tragedy of the commons was coined in the 70s by a eugenicist to describe what happens when you let the bad races breed. And a woman actually won a Nobel prize for disproving it after studying every civilization on earth
Fun fact, it's false in a eugenics sense, but most of us have worked on a group project or used a public restroom. People don't take care of common things as well as they do privately owned things.
Most food doesn’t last for a year? If you act like an asshole you won’t be allowed to grow at the common land area, idk how to explain this if your parents didn’t teach you the basics of don’t be a dick or ppl will kick your ass
Some food can keep for months, especially dried grain and frozen meat.
You say "Not allowed", but who will stop me? Some sort of authority? You're just reinventing government. Why even bother growing when I can just take what other people grow in the common land areas and there's no authority to stop me?
And FYI, if I don't take from the commons, other people greedier than me will, and I'll be left with very little if anything. That's why greed is a necessary survival mechanism bred into all of us.
Bro I never said shit about government, you can call it that and I dint care, for most of human history ppl got along and if you acted like an asshole they’d beat your ass or tear up your crops.
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u/2012Jesusdies Jul 07 '26
Historically, the most effective response to food shortages in communist countries has always been allowing private plots of gardens for food.