Global commons became threatened only once many nations industrialized

Evidence

When the relatively few developed nations, such as the United States and several Western European and Soviet Bloc countries, had industrial and manufacturing sectors with the technological capacity to operate on massive scales, the global commons were only slightly threatened. Environmental degradation was more regional and localized in its impact. The impacts on the global ecosystem grew exponentially, however, as the number of nations possessing significant technological ability increased along with the demands of their populations for more modern amenities. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 645

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Demographic explosion and industrialization forced power beyond sovereignty — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 264

Broader Connections

• Demographic explosion and industrialization forced power beyond sovereignty #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 264