>Interestingly enough, the optimum solution is always present when N=1. If there’s just one actor (you) then you’re not likely to destroy your own property.
Two objections:
1) Who said one person would necessarily understand it as "[his] own property"? Unless it is truly their property (e.g. their own house), it's conceivable that a single person could still consider the place they are in expendable (because e.g. they could move elsewhere, or they care more for short term profit for it and don't consider long term issues from their behavior).
2) Even worse, who said people respect their own property that much? People can't respect their own bodies (sedentary lifestyles, obesity, junk food, etc), their own families (domestic abuse, cheating, etc.), their own houses (tons of neglected, broken down houses), or even their personal lives (from alcoholism and drugs, to all kinds of subtler self-sabotage)...
Two objections:
1) Who said one person would necessarily understand it as "[his] own property"? Unless it is truly their property (e.g. their own house), it's conceivable that a single person could still consider the place they are in expendable (because e.g. they could move elsewhere, or they care more for short term profit for it and don't consider long term issues from their behavior).
2) Even worse, who said people respect their own property that much? People can't respect their own bodies (sedentary lifestyles, obesity, junk food, etc), their own families (domestic abuse, cheating, etc.), their own houses (tons of neglected, broken down houses), or even their personal lives (from alcoholism and drugs, to all kinds of subtler self-sabotage)...