Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from HISTORY/WRITTEN WORD?
The Tragedy of the Commons, is the concept popularized in 1968 by ecologist Garrett Hardin as an economic problem where individuals exploit shared resources for personal/selfish gain leading to overuse, demand outstripping supply, overuse and depletion.
In the story there is a lake that supplies food for a nearby village. There are four fisherman and the lake has 12 fish; each pair will produce a full size fish overnight. If each fisherman takes one fish each day, there will remain 4 pairs of fish that will have 4 fish overnight, equaling 12 fish and therefore; the lake will continuously supply the village with food every day.
If one fisherman takes two fish the lake will quickly be depleted and there will be no food for the village.
AKA
What’s good for all of us is good for each of us.
Imagine if our current leaders understood this…………
What do YOU Think?
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Last Updated on 08/13/2025 by Death of Hypatia Inc.
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