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It's not about those wasteful car drivers "externalizing the costs of their personal choices." Please! Most people have no choice, because of how the entire co
by ahoyhere 17y ago
It's not about those wasteful car drivers "externalizing the costs of their personal choices." Please!
Most people have no choice, because of how the entire country has chosen to invest in infrastructure. Which is to say, it has chosen not to.
American physical geography and sociopolitical geography forces car driving.
- tentonova 17y agoWe live in a representative democracy. If the costs were not externalized, market and political forces would dictate changes in both personal choices and infrastructure investment. I don't see the rational for abdicating responsibility for the choices in where we both live and work, as disclaiming responsibility for the externalities incurred by these choices ensures that a more optimum "sociopolitical geography" will not be reached.