The "tragedy of the commons" is well documented in food collecting societies.

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The "tragedy of the commons" primarily refers to a problem in shared-resource systems where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action. It is more commonly associated with agricultural and industrial societies where resources like pastures, forests, and fisheries are overused, rather than with food collecting (hunter-gatherer) societies, which typically have sustainable practices for managing common resources.

The "Tragedy of the Commons" Is Well Documented in Food