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They have no ethics while exploiting you for as much money as possible, so you should be nice to them and treat them as you would another human? Edit: sorry, t

by finnn 9y ago

They have no ethics while exploiting you for as much money as possible, so you should be nice to them and treat them as you would another human? Edit: sorry, this was kind of a flippant remark that I made without thinking a lot.

opportune 9y ago
That's a vast exaggeration of things. "Exploiting" my ass. You know the reason why airlines are so shitty? Because people only buy the cheapest tickets to their destination. I'm guilty of this myself. The end result is a race to the bottom . And yes, when the man refused to get off the United plane, he should not have been beaten. Big deal, hundreds of millions of people fly every year. The fact that that happened sucks, but the reality is that 99.99% of people will at worst just deal with incompetent customer service during a cancelled or heavily delayed flight. That doesn't give you justification to steal from the airliner. This is a discussion I feel you would have with a teenager.
ImSkeptical 9y ago
Don't they transport you and your luggage safely through the air at high speed for a sum of money that you agreed to pay? Where is exploitation coming from?
- zo1 9y ago
  Capitalism, apparently. Though, to be a bit more generous, I'd interpret that people hate airlines without really having a conscious reason, so they make something up that's visible and easy to be upset about. E.g. Cost of flying, leg-room, crappy service, "run by evil corporation". I'd posit that they somehow see something wrong with it, yet can't pin-point what that is. In my view, somehow they realize that a government-enabled and enforced monopoly makes the whole thing unfair. And if only we had no intervention and prevention of competition, they'd finally see "nice" airlines. But until they actively "see" that, they'll always think that it's the government that's preventing the really nice peachy happy people from running an airline that they'd enjoy using.
bdcravens 9y ago
Yes, I should be honest.

by finnn 9y ago

opportune 9y ago

That's a vast exaggeration of things. "Exploiting" my ass. You know the reason why airlines are so shitty? Because people only buy the cheapest tickets to their destination. I'm guilty of this myself. The end result is a race to the bottom . And yes, when the man refused to get off the United plane, he should not have been beaten. Big deal, hundreds of millions of people fly every year. The fact that that happened sucks, but the reality is that 99.99% of people will at worst just deal with incompetent customer service during a cancelled or heavily delayed flight. That doesn't give you justification to steal from the airliner. This is a discussion I feel you would have with a teenager.

ImSkeptical 9y ago

Don't they transport you and your luggage safely through the air at high speed for a sum of money that you agreed to pay? Where is exploitation coming from?

zo1 9y ago
Capitalism, apparently. Though, to be a bit more generous, I'd interpret that people hate airlines without really having a conscious reason, so they make something up that's visible and easy to be upset about. E.g. Cost of flying, leg-room, crappy service, "run by evil corporation". I'd posit that they somehow see something wrong with it, yet can't pin-point what that is. In my view, somehow they realize that a government-enabled and enforced monopoly makes the whole thing unfair. And if only we had no intervention and prevention of competition, they'd finally see "nice" airlines. But until they actively "see" that, they'll always think that it's the government that's preventing the really nice peachy happy people from running an airline that they'd enjoy using.

bdcravens 9y ago

Yes, I should be honest.