The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong....
Garrett Hardin argued for privatization of the commons to increase efficiency and effectiveness of use under pure capitalism.
Scientific American
The Tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
Matto Mildenberger | assistant professor of environmental politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara
See also
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The Tragedy of Green Capitalism (formerly known as the Environmental Movement)
ReplyDeleteAttack the person, not the idea. Very trendy nowadays.
ReplyDeleteThe Tragedy of the Commons described a neutral situation; so it is common for both pro-market and pro-socialist camps to cite it.