“It’s Every Man for Himself” 0
Dylan Selterman argues forcefully that the disparate reactions to the coronavirus that have filled the news–hoarding food and supplies, purposefully defying “social distancing,” emphasize ‘the tragedy of the commons,” which he defines as follows:
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But when too many people focus on maximizing their own outcomes, then essential resources become depleted and society suffers.
This is an era when one of our two major political parties no longer believes in the common good.