spapic Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 Hello, this is my first time to write here. I'm a long time viewer and supporter.. I just found this article and i was wondering what would your comments be on this situation? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tragedy-commons-case-connectivity-booths-new-york-enrique-dans?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Thank You..
aviet Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 Hello, this is my first time to write here. I'm a long time viewer and supporter.. I just found this article and i was wondering what would your comments be on this situation? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tragedy-commons-case-connectivity-booths-new-york-enrique-dans?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Thank You.. Dobar dan, I am in Croatia at the moment, but will be leaving tomorrow. Interesting article. The outcome was predictable. When there are commons, people will not respect them and just expect them to work miraculously with no care on the mechanics of how that may happen. A good example is land that was for common grazing in England. This was a medieval relic and by the 1700s, the notion came of privatising the commons, as if it was privately owned the owner would take good care of it and turn it into productive farm-land and not an unmanaged shambles. Another would be the soiled child who does not know his mother picks up all his worn clothes and washes them. It's interesting that the people who would so rabidly defend such government programs are the same people who rant and rave about the poorest and most vulnerable people in society. Yet they want billions for the arts, sciences, humanities and frilly programs like this.
Tyler H Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 Hello! Welcome! Interesting article, I wonder why they didn't just install them in 24 hour stores so they are monitored?
adamNJ Posted September 22, 2016 Posted September 22, 2016 Can confirm, I pass by one of these things a lot. There is always a homeless person there sitting on a plastic crate.
NoTime4marxists Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 I noticed the most emphasized concern was control. Several of the commentators on the article thought the problem was a lack of control on human behavior. Most thought the answer to human control is more external force, i.e. more government. The real answer to human control is private ownership, i.e. more internal control. In order to own something, then one must be responsible. A person would demonstrate responsibility by what one does in order to acquire said property. Work needs to be done, to add value to a property and/or to be done somewhere else to be able to purchase property. The only people that would be allowed to use it would be those who could trade value for the value the owner has put in. The homeless/bums would not be allowed in because they have nothing of value to trade. The owner can regulate behavior by establishing a set of standards. If one desires the nice things in life, then private ownership is the way to go. It rewards the productive/responsible people and dissuades the lazy/irresponsible. Having a "Commons" reverses the rewards.
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