Tragedy of the Commons
...e of recreation. Any recreation sight is used for public use, but there is where the problem lies. If everybody uses these recreation sights then they cannot escape from what they were trying to escape from. Every time I visit a public recreation area I find traces of the tragedy of the commons. Normally I will run into someone that I don’t feel like talking to at the time or I will see something that I don’t want to see. No matter how much you hate it there is nothing you can do about it. They are public recreation areas for the public people to use. How Upton Sinclair Described it A muckraker is a journalist or filmmaker who investigates and exposes societal issues. Sinclair was considered to be a muckraker because he was exploiting what the work place was really like. Muckrakers have most often sought to serve the public interest by uncovering crime, and abuse. In the early 1900s, muckrakers shed light on such issues by writing books and articles for popular magazines and newspapers. Jane Addams wrote prolifically on topics related to Hull-House activities, producing e...