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<blockquote data-quote="RoanDurham" data-source="post: 1138106" data-attributes="member: 22389"><p>I have mixed feelings about this. I see water as a common good and the capitalist mode of production doesn't do a very good job of efficiently allocating common-goods. There's a country in south America that just went through a similar tale-- all the water rights were privatized and a few obviously very wealthy people bought ALL the nations water supply. It was at their discretion who would receive water and how much they could receive. Or if any water would be extracted at all. Same with oil-- if you have oil on your property, most could care less if their neighbor has running water much less fuel. Surely you can see this same outcome is possible w/ water; individuals hoarding water to manipulate prices all while exploiting their neighbor of what should be the commons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoanDurham, post: 1138106, member: 22389"] I have mixed feelings about this. I see water as a common good and the capitalist mode of production doesn't do a very good job of efficiently allocating common-goods. There's a country in south America that just went through a similar tale-- all the water rights were privatized and a few obviously very wealthy people bought ALL the nations water supply. It was at their discretion who would receive water and how much they could receive. Or if any water would be extracted at all. Same with oil-- if you have oil on your property, most could care less if their neighbor has running water much less fuel. Surely you can see this same outcome is possible w/ water; individuals hoarding water to manipulate prices all while exploiting their neighbor of what should be the commons. [/QUOTE]
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