Are exponential population growth, consumer economics, and climate change the

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shahbarak

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ultimate "tragedy of the Commons? Individually and as nations we fight to protect what we "own". But what are we doing to protect the Commons nobody owns (unless privatized) but on which life itself depends - clean air, water, sustainable food, and assurance of peace. It's apparently not safe to leave it to politicians?
 
air, water, food and military protection are local to a country.
There are areas where smaller countries do compete over the same river, but UN takes care of them most of the time.

The only truly common thing is climate. The resolution will be that Western countries will cut own emissions of CO2, then pay Chinese to to cut theirs.
 
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