>>Popularity doesn't determine what is and is-not vital Then, pray tell, what does? It is the assumption that these services are used that turns them into impo

>>Popularity doesn't determine what is and is-not vital Then, pray tell, what does? It is the assumption that these services are used that turns them into important infrastructure. Everyone just assumes you have a bank account or a telephone, and that makes both bank accounts and telephones desirable, we wouldn't invest ungodly amounts of money in infrastructure on roads, traffic lights etc if automobiles weren't popular and they surely wouldn't be if we didn't have the infrastructure.