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Actually, unlike air, cheeseburgers are not a shared-resource. Entities abusing shared resources for economic gain is hardly a new concept and most definitely
by jefflombardjr 7y ago
Actually, unlike air, cheeseburgers are not a shared-resource.
Entities abusing shared resources for economic gain is hardly a new concept and most definitely NOT absurd. Even the most conservative of economists will be able to discuss the Tragedy of the commons, a concept dating back to the 1800s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Economics aside, she was a 9 year old girl - think on that for a bit. Listen I don't know who you are or where you're from, maybe you have a good reason to hold this point of view... but the only way things are going to get better for everyone is if we all have a little empathy for each other.
- habnds 7y agobut imagine if cheese burgers _were_ a shared resource...
- SamReidHughes 7y agoIt's not more empathetic to say she died of air pollution than an asthma attack, so we can put this one in the empathy shmempathy bucket.
- jefflombardjr 7y agoThis is a straw man argument. Semantics are not the issue at hand.