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paraclete
Apr 5, 2021, 09:50 PM
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/staggering-photos-show-paris-has-become-a-rubbish-dump-with-streets-parks-and-lakes-overflowing-with-all-kinds-of-trash/news-story/fe6dec2decb69b62957bd8c195bce06e

Maybe this is where socialism leads eventually, to a point where nobody cares anymore because it is someoneelse's problem.

Paris, for so long the epitome of chic, now leads in urban garbage

if this happened where I live, heads would roll, governments would fall

tomder55
Apr 6, 2021, 02:51 AM
Very difficult to govern the collective ownership without resorting to totalitarian means .When everyone owns it ,nobody owns it . The tragedy of the commons .The beneficiaries have to be vested in the preservation of the commons to maintain them.

jlisenbe
Apr 6, 2021, 07:34 AM
When everyone owns it ,nobody owns it The old CBS personality Eric Severaid (sp?) once said, "That which belongs to everybody belongs to nobody and is treated as such."