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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by shaftoe on Sunday August 21, 2016 @08:51AM (#12330750)
The world doesn't exist for anyone's personal comfort, nor should it. This is the argument of luddites, nobility, and the lazy.

The slave metaphor makes no sense: slaves have a master who cares for his investment. Free people have none and must care for and provide for themselves. To assume they cannot is degrading.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by fsloth on Sunday August 21, 2016 @09:00AM (#12330783)
"The world doesn't exist for anyone's personal comfort, nor should it. "

The world does not care if one is comfortable or not. We humans, on the other hand, do. Given our level of economic output the question is ethical and political, not ontological.

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