“The Tragedy of the Commons”: how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought - by Cory Doctorow

longer form – Andrewism, The REAL Tragedy of the Commons

the sheer number of times i had to read that article as the first assignment in a college course… it was gross. thank god for the one professor who told me how much he despised Hardin for how badly he misunderstood the actual history the commons.

even in my grad school courses too, they taught it as given. fortunately a lot of folks were starting to get it and push back though, which i find encouraging

This topic is important to address because they are sure growing all around the world and they champion stuff that we obviously hate and want to destroy such as: colonialism, capitalism, white hetero-patriarchal structures of oppression and domination. So it is very important that we are ready to battle them wherever we see them.