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Yeah but does their life suck because they have to commute this insane distance every day to get to work? Yes, they are willing to do it because they need to ea
by marmot777 10y ago
Yeah but does their life suck because they have to commute this insane distance every day to get to work? Yes, they are willing to do it because they need to eat but that does not sound like an ideal situation where all the low and mid income jobs have to be filled by people who commute from outside.
- twblalock 10y agoWhat's your point?
- marmot777 10y agoMy point is that nobody addresses the costs that the decisions the market very well. It's glossed over. It used to be a fire fighter or, say, teacher could live pretty near work. Now in certain places they have to drive ungodly distances each day. Those are costs to many individuals and there are substantial costs to society too. It's not just a matter of saying it's a solved problem, we can put out fires pretty quickly when they happen. It'd be a worthwhile exercise to be more open to the real pain that the market's decisions inflict on people at times. I'm not saying I have a solution to that or that I know what's best for anyone. But making some people life worse as part of the process of making other people's life far better, isn't something that should be dismissed out of hand. It is an act of courage to face something at least a little bit, pain caused to other human beings.