Wat? I'm left and for decentralising power, lots of ppl I know in my political circles love Ostrom. Leftist people who think concentration of power is the solution don't fangirl over her. Her whole jam is about "downloading" power ("down" as in, to lower levels of government) and distributing responsibility. ppl who aren't down with that have no reason to be interested in her work.

So I'm not actually seeing any dissonance or contradiction from inside communities that appreciate her work?