• frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    “Small price to pay for the freedom to travel”

    Well, they pay a small price for their freedom to travel. It’s everybody else that has to suffer the externalities of their choices.

    Let’s tax antisocial behavior, so that these externalities are internalized. Carbon tax, vehicle weight per passenger tax, vehicle volume per passenger tax, etc.

    • InputZero@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      ‘Be careful now, you’re starting to sound like a communist.’ they say.

      Seriously though, you’re right, we should do all that. Switching over to EVs won’t solve very many problems. Everywhere needs to have fewer vehicles in the road and that’s public transit.

      • Facebones@reddthat.com
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        1 year ago

        Fuck them.

        They also call me a communist now because I think a 40 hour work week should put a basic roof (efficiency on your own or maybe a basic 2br with a roomie) over your head no matter what you’re doing.

        Turns out the “Red Scare™” will always return whenever capitalism starts fraying at the seams to keep people from exploring even the slightest reforms.