People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity

Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by smolder on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:17PM (#35221880)

Some of that is right, but believe it or not farmers also need local services like health care workers, tradespeople, some semblance of government, etc.

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Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by michaelmrose on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:50PM (#35226682)

All of what I said is right and all of what you said is right. The grandparent comment stated that.

> As a rural tax payer I'm paying for some city dwellers to sit around all day doing nothing. All the benefits you enjoy as a result of living in a modern society have been paid for by someone other than you.

No part of that is right. Economically rural areas are a drain justified only by farming, votes, and a charitable desire to serve our fellow man. The idea that a handful of farmers are somehow paying for the teeming masses in the city to sit on their hands is wrong on its face.

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Re:People Had to Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity by dazc on Monday March 20, 2023 @06:35AM (#35229633)

The comment wasn't meant to be taken so literally, the point was that almost everything is paid for by someone else.

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