• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    Americans: “Tragedy of the Commons proves that people are incapable of working together for mutual benefit, because personal greed will always lead to the devastation of the collective common good.”

    Chinese: “Why do you not simply arrest and punish the bad actors in your society when they overstep and impede on the general welfare?”

    Americans: “Because that’s fascism. Also, we’re arresting and deporting you for asking.”

    • Dialectical Idealist@lemmygrad.ml
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      Additionally, we have managed pastures, woods, and fisheries for thousands of years without government intervention. The so-called tragedy is solved by community members (checks notes) talking about how to preserve the resources required for their survival.

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        Don’t worry, trumps learning. Jan 6th insurrectionists are all getting pardoned right now meanwhile people are getting deported for saying free palestine.