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The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.

~Garrett Hardin

Topics: Before Commons Cost Finds He His Less Man Rational Releasing Share Than Them Wastes

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In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

~Garrett Hardin

Topics: Agriculture Been Commons Discovery Estate Invention Logic Long Long Time Perhaps Private Private Property Property Real Real Estate Since Time Understood Way

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Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

~Garrett Hardin

Topics: Because Behavior Cesspool Commons Conditions Does Frontier General General Public Harm Metropolis Public Same Unbearable Using

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