Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt...
by darawk on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:38PM
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Ya, I know that argument. But it's not an accurate description of the world in which we actually live. There's tons of places, even in developed countries like the US where its extremely cheap to buy fertile land that you could live off of if you were so inclined. People choose not to do this because they like to live in urban megacities. They like to live with all the comforts and benefits that the system has provided them with. They want all the benefits of capitalism without the costs.
Re:Uber will charge significantly more per trip as new Seatt...
by harimau777 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @02:28PM
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Most people don't have the training or resources to setup or run a profitable farm. In addition, in many cases the land is highly remote; in which case someone living on it isn't really part of society anymore.
- Someone is not able to make enough money to have a reasonable quality of life despite contributing to society.
- Society's rules do not provide an alternative (for example, because natural resources and land have already been claimed or because someone doesn't have access to capital).
It would not make sense for someone to willingly go along with a system that does not allow them to live a decent life. Therefore they must be going along with the system due to some form of coercion.
A situation where someone is forced via threat to go along with a system that does not meet their needs is subjugation.