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That sounds anti-social. Perhaps a "polluting vehicle tax "or a "unsafe vehicle tax" will change your mind. (The above is satire, but analogous statements are
by throwaway0a5e 4y ago
That sounds anti-social. Perhaps a "polluting vehicle tax "or a "unsafe vehicle tax" will change your mind.
(The above is satire, but analogous statements are frequently made in earnest.)
- LadyCailin 4y agoBecause they are earnest. If your behavioral choices negatively affect others, that must be accounted for somehow, either through paying extra so we collectively can deal with the fallout, or banning it, if it causes too extreme of an effect on others. Negative externalities must be accounted for, this isn't a controversial statement to anyone other than entitled people. If this is the excuse being stated, but there is some ulterior motive, then that's another thing.
- userbinator 4y agoIf your behavioral choices negatively affect others The mere act of living can "negatively affect others" by consuming resources. Let's not go down that path to an authoritarian socialist dystopia.
- Spivak 4y agoIf that’s your bar we’re already living in a socialist dystopia.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoThe people who are driving decade+ old cars don't need a paternalistic tax to remind them they're "doing it wrong". They get reminded every day. If you think they're the entitled ones your ivory tower must be a tall one.