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What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. -- Elinor Ostrom
Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. -- Alexander Herzen
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There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people. -- Paul Di Filippo
What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. -- Elinor Ostrom

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