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Aral Balkan

The tragedy of the commons is that under capitalism we don’t have one.

13 March at 16:27 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
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@aral Our commons is a robot police patrolled marketplace. You're drowned out among the billions unless you pay to promote your message.

13 March at 16:30 | Open on mstdn.ca
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@aral

I understand, but humbly suggest indeed we do still have commons. your neighbor who brings you food when you're under the weather, or that person online who's organizing a project or rally.

I don't think we're "under" capitalism. we're exposing it, or straddling it and beating it with many little sticks.

13 March at 16:38 | Open on mastodon.social
DEDGirl

@sssystemic @aral most marginalized people don’t have that. It’s extremely hard to ask for help. I see lots of people ask for mutual aid on here, but I won’t & nobody offers. That’s the true story of most people that are desperate.

13 March at 16:53 | Open on mastodon.world
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@DEDGirl

I'm sorry. :BigBlobhajHug: i wish I were your neighbor.

@aral

13 March at 16:57 | Open on mastodon.social
McNeely

@aral did you know that the real tragedy of the commons is that the tragedy of the commons is a harmfully constructed myth to advance a host hateful ideologies that has been disproven? Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize on economics back in 2009 for her work on disproving the idea.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor

13 March at 16:43 | Open on indieweb.social
McNeely

@aral this isn't meant to be me picking on you Aral, I just enjoy spreading this background info because I think more people should know about it. Plus I think you're the kind of person who would also enjoy learning this 😉

13 March at 16:45 | Open on indieweb.social
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