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> but what is preventing us from doing this generally The fact that people don't actually want to do that? People are free to live their lives the way they wan
by mfatica 7y ago
> but what is preventing us from doing this generally
The fact that people don't actually want to do that? People are free to live their lives the way they want. There's no reason to pile most people into cities just "because cars"
- eropple 7y agoAre they free to consume more and more limited resources in doing so without fairly compensating the body politic for that consumption? Or, put more bluntly: why must I and my children pay for them?
- mfatica 7y agoIf they have proper right to those resources then they certainly can consume them however they want.
- eropple 7y agoBeyond the basic rights afforded by civil society one has remarkably few rights without corresponding responsibilities. Consumption comes with a lot of them. How are you proposing to fairly and equitably address those while leaving a better world for our children?
- mfatica 7y agoNot sure what methodology you follow, but freedom means freedom. If I don't care to leave a better world than that's my right. It doesn't make me a good person but freedom is freedom.
- eropple 7y agoSo, to be clear, you don't subscribe to any social contract? None? You don't think there's any responsibility for one's externalities? None? Because uh. That's literally sociopathic.