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@felix It constantly amazes me how few people have actually read Garrett Hardin's somewhat Malthusian essay that coined the phrase "The Tragedy of the Commons". All it really points out is exactly what Elinor Ostrom explores in her work; that sustainable commons need regulation, or they get destroyed by rational free-riding:
https://www.garretthardinsociety.org/articles/art_tragedy_of_the_commons.html