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11. The tragedy of the commons.

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 01:29 PM

Jan 2014

Except you are the commons, the resource that is exploited by capitalists with no investment in your wellbeing.

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Serfs are better than slaves. [View all] alberg Jan 2014 OP

Traditions have been known to change! atreides1 Jan 2014 #3

Serfs is a poor word choice but the message is right on. Coyotl Jan 2014 #4

So this is what have become of DU Hutzpa Jan 2014 #5

It's not prejudice, it's sarcasm, satire, irony and outrage. alberg Jan 2014 #6

I got it... fadedrose Jan 2014 #7

Ofcourse it's meant no harm to you Hutzpa Jan 2014 #9

He should have put a "sarcasm" thingy fadedrose Jan 2014 #13

Then I'm afraid it's a poor attempt at sarcasm Hutzpa Jan 2014 #10

It looks like most people gaspee Jan 2014 #12

I think it is a brilliant insight. Big Blue Marble Jan 2014 #14

I see no prejudice. El_Johns Jan 2014 #18

Saw first hand a modern system of serfdom in the last century. Cleita Jan 2014 #8

The tragedy of the commons. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #11