Re:God Save Austin
by trophycase on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:23PM
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Eh I can understand it. In our society it really seems that nothing is sacred and it's really easy to empathize with someone who just wants one thing to go untainted by capitalism
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It sounds like this person wanted the public to maintain a resource (trail and green space) but also maintain near-private access.
It's possible that improvements to this public good are capitalism in action, destroying something beautiful and wonderful. But, some might see this scenario as someone attempting to capture public resources (the trail and its maintenance) for their own gain, which is one of the worst expressions of capitalism.
It's perhaps less easy to empathize with that.
Yeah ... I don't think someone who celebrates a bit of mostly untouched nature in the city they live in represents "one of the worst expressions of capitalism".
I follow your line of thinking, but I think it's a bit out of context.
I understand how you feel. Untouched nature isn't one of the excesses of capitalism!
Yet, perhaps a government-maintained trail that someone feels entitled to treat as their private property is something less than a shining example of virtue.