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In my mind's eye, I picture his ideal society as being some sort of giant human factory farm where we are all living in little pods and eating bugs. You still

In my mind's eye, I picture his ideal society as being some sort of giant human factory farm where we are all living in little pods and eating bugs. You still have freedom here. Comrade even though you cannot leave, you still have freedom here in your utilitarian pod. (clean luxury pods require too much energy and are outlawed). You have the freedom to consume media from either one of the state sanctioned media information channels. you also have the freedom to choose the green paste or the brown paste for dinner. Unfortunately our biosensors indicate You may be feeling some depression and anger lately, in an attempt to limit the fallout and spread of your toxic negativity to other residents your communication privileges have been revoked and you will be issued medication mixed into your meals until The behavior and bio sensors indicate positive levels. Though our efforts have been unable to stop climate change, further sacrifice is still necessary to minimize more environmental harm. have a blessed day!

cardanome 4y ago
What a weird straw man. I haven't owned a car for my whole life and I am doing fine. It is not a big deal. Yes you need to life in a city with decent public transport but that is all. It is insane how people seem to be not even able to imagine a world that is not car-centric. It is really a small sacrifice that would increase the actual living conditions of everyone as we could have cities that are much more pleasant to life in.
- gnarbarian 4y ago
  >Yes you need to life in a city with decent public transport but that is all. That is a huge ask. cities come with an incredible amount of baggage: higher taxes, higher cost of living, lower quality of life, less living space, smaller property, left wing politics, higher crime rates, more air pollution. many of us have zero interest in living in a big city. My personal theory is that individual liberty is inversely proportional to population density. wherever people are closer together, you end up with more rules because it's easier to encroach on other peoples wellbeing. so no thank you. I will keep my car and I will continue to have fires and shoot moose in my backyard.

cardanome 4y ago

What a weird straw man. I haven't owned a car for my whole life and I am doing fine. It is not a big deal. Yes you need to life in a city with decent public transport but that is all. It is insane how people seem to be not even able to imagine a world that is not car-centric. It is really a small sacrifice that would increase the actual living conditions of everyone as we could have cities that are much more pleasant to life in.

gnarbarian 4y ago
>Yes you need to life in a city with decent public transport but that is all. That is a huge ask. cities come with an incredible amount of baggage: higher taxes, higher cost of living, lower quality of life, less living space, smaller property, left wing politics, higher crime rates, more air pollution. many of us have zero interest in living in a big city. My personal theory is that individual liberty is inversely proportional to population density. wherever people are closer together, you end up with more rules because it's easier to encroach on other peoples wellbeing. so no thank you. I will keep my car and I will continue to have fires and shoot moose in my backyard.