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That sounds like a free rider problem: No, I don't "support" the bike paths, so I don't pay for their upkeep, but I live in a better city for their existence, e
by msla 5y ago
That sounds like a free rider problem: No, I don't "support" the bike paths, so I don't pay for their upkeep, but I live in a better city for their existence, even if I don't even own a bike.
Similarly, I don't "support" the hospitals, right up until I get cancer and spend over a month in-patient receiving some very expensive therapies.
- frankfrankfrank 5y agoIt’s pretty rich for someone to talk of a freeloading problem while advocating for bike lanes that are utilized by only very few, while paid for by everyone else, whether they will ever set foot on the bike path or not. And I say that as a cyclist, but one that can see past the self-serving rationalization and manipulative nature of the freeloader argument. And that doesn’t even address the deeply authoritarian and evil core of the argument of “well, I determine what’s best for you so I will force it on you against your will for your own good, because what I want/enjoy conveniently coincides with what is best for you”. It’s tyranny and a purely evil mindset.