# kaal:claim:3709041-020

**Claim.** Microdemocracies must confront the tragedy of the commons, because voters acting on self-interest independent of the totality of voters may, without controls, deplete or spoil shared resources such as the environment and public goods.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to microdemocratic shared resource systems without controls

**Source quote.**

> Acting for their own self-interest may be contrary to the common good of all voters. Without controls, some self-interested voters may be depleting or spoiling resources they share with the rest of society, such as the environment, public goods, among others.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), II.2 Microdemocracy, page 15

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

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**Failure mode.** tragedy of the commons in microdemocracy  (family: ai-model-and-training-failure)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** tragedy-of-the-commons, microdemocracy, public-goods, self-interest

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-016

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