On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
How does crypto-anarchy/libertarian/anarchy propose to deal with the "tragedy of the commons" where by doing what is best for each persons own interests they end up screwing it up for everyone (Overgrazing land with to many cattle is the example I've been given).
The tragedy of the commons is that nobody owns it.
The point is, there are certain things which cannot be exclusively owned without rendering the concept of rights, as most people understand them, for all practical purposes moot. Air is one.
You assume that most people understand "rights". I see no evidence of that. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ********************************************** "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." --Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women s Studies, Bowling Green State University