Even when individuals have considerable capabilities to engage in self-governance, there is no guara…

Elinor Ostrom — Governing The Commons

Even when individuals have considerable capabilities to engage in self-governance, there is no guarantee that solutions to all problems will be achieved. Individuals who do not have similar images of the problems they face, who do not work out mechanisms to break out complex problems into subparts, and who do not recognise the legitimacy of diverse interests, are unlikely to solve their problems, even when the institutional means are available to them.

— Elinor Ostrom, Governing The Commons