[kevin_b_er]

The result of the conservativism and libertarian things you mention are not properly considered. It results in what is known as the Tragedy of the Commons.

As personal profit and selfishness takes a greater precedence than the wellbeing of the public, the commons must suffer tragedy.

[alfredallan1]

It is indeed true that selfish motives take precedence - in the minds/deliberations of those that stand to profit. But isn’t a govt formed of the elected representatives, who are in office just to represent the interests of the commons?

[neuromancer2701]

I think an argument is that at some point the government becomes an entity of its own e.g. thousands of faceless bureaucrats so they are not fighting for the commons but for their own existence.