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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by rfrey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:42PM (#46723436)
Should cyclists be charged a special tax for bike lane construction and maintenance? What about sidewalks, should you need a pedestrian pass?
Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by coryrc on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:30PM (#46724030)
1. As soon as the roads are all paying best-possible-use property tax for the space they take up and it's completely paid by automobiles, in addition to all maintenance, we should try to proportionally assign dedicated bicycle infrastructure costs toward bicycle users, now and anticipated.

2. Everyone is a pedestrian.

Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by rfrey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @03:10PM (#46724531)
People accuse communists of being unrealistic idealists, but they have nothing on the libertarians.
Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by coryrc on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:29PM (#46725971)
That's the first I've heard of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax (and, less directly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism ) being libertarian!

fuck cars

Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by rfrey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:39PM (#46726047)
User pay formerly-public-infrastructure is what I identified as libertarian. Would you also advocate for residents of high crime areas to pay more taxes for police coverage?
Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by coryrc on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:52PM (#46726155)
"User pay" is typically associated with regressive per-use taxes. It's perfectly compatible with socialism to ensure the cost of the road system is applied to only automobile users in a progressive manner. Relatedly, Finland moving violation fines are not a fixed fee and are proportional to income: https://nri.today/wealthy-speedsters-beware-finlands-million... Stop thinking "cars=default", they are not.

Legally criminal actions are violations against the state, which is why a prosecutor decides whether to file charges and does not need the consent of the victim to do so. We already have what you suggest with civil law and private security.

Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by rfrey on Thursday January 22, 2026 @07:12PM (#46726789)
It's pure pedantry to distinguish between "user pay" and "progressive fees" based on usage. You're advocating for private payments on public infrastructure, it doesn't make it socialism just because it's infrastructure you disapprove of.