Re:How much do things really cost?
by dijit on Saturday April 02, 2022 @05:48PM
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> Are you saying that somehow the vast legions of car drivers/passengers out there are not part of society and therefore are not paying the true cost?
I think the point here is that driving is subsidised and therefore more people that perhaps otherwise wouldn’t drive.
It’s perhaps very easy to assume the consequence of decisions are obvious and inevitable, but it can be good to question that too.
I guess this would be an immensely tangled argument, but I think the broader point that people don’t understand the total cost of driving because it is so subsidised is a good one.
I think the point here is that driving is subsidised and therefore more people that perhaps otherwise wouldn’t drive.
It’s perhaps very easy to assume the consequence of decisions are obvious and inevitable, but it can be good to question that too.
I guess this would be an immensely tangled argument, but I think the broader point that people don’t understand the total cost of driving because it is so subsidised is a good one.