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> Eventually you can't offer any more carrots and you have to start using a stick. At least you're open that you want to force them to do what you prefer, inst
by randallsquared 7y ago
> Eventually you can't offer any more carrots and you have to start using a stick.
At least you're open that you want to force them to do what you prefer, instead of what's best for them. Most people who want to force their preferences on others are not so clear-eyed.
- rocgf 7y agoAnd at least you're open that you care little about anything else apart from your personal comfort. All the externalities associated with you driving while having perfectly good alternatives should be suffered by the rest of us.
- randallsquared 7y agoI live in NYC and do not typically drive, nor do I want to drive in NYC. Of course, that has nothing to do with the carrot/stick dichotomy to which I was responding, as you know.
- Doctor_Fegg 7y agoBelieve it or not, not everyone on HN is a libertarian.