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Um, yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

I'd bet that was an all-too-familiar human behavior pattern back when Rome was a one-horse town.

(Edit: Fixed "how the heck?" typo'ed TLD)






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