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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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We have so many houses going unused. We have food and resources for everybody, but we've set up a system that arbitrarily concentrates most of it on a few people! Young children, with no understanding why society is this way, are suffering and dying because they live in a world that collectively agrees to let this happen unnecessarily

Fuck, I'm stoned but you know I'm right

Edit: and the sad thought hits me: the first step is realizing the system doesn't have to be this way, the second step is realizing it isn't going to change, at least not any time soon

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[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I can see thinking the tragedy of the commons is capitalist propaganda if you think there is a hard line between people and corporations.

The North Sea fishing industry didn't collapse because too many of the proletariat wanted to do a lot of fishing, it collapsed because thousands of people organized into dozens of groups that systematically overstrained the ecosystem. Because those groups wanted to make more profit for a small group of hundreds of people. Everyone involved was acting in their rational best interest with no oversight or regulation guarding the big picture view and it caused everyone involved to destroy their livelihoods. Other than the ones at the top who's livelihood is/was consolidating profit of course.

The tragedy of the commons isn't about how it's an individual's fault or responsibility. It's about how larger groups need disinterested guardrails for long term higher quality of life.