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There is the instinct that must be contended against with all our might: Removing choice. "Make" everyone live in an apartment, because they shouldn't have the
by slowmovintarget 4y ago
There is the instinct that must be contended against with all our might: Removing choice.
"Make" everyone live in an apartment, because they shouldn't have the choice. "Make" everyone give up their personal transportation (mobility). "Make" everyone switch to solar or geothermal.
Substitute "make" with "force" and you'll have the correct understanding of what kind of government mechanisms we'd be empowering to achieve these ends. Removing choice is the wrong instinct.
Working to price external costs in, so they get factored in to choices, can sway the choices, but you're not forcing people, or making a way for one group of people to force some other group of people to certain actions.
- ivan_gammel 4y agoWho’s removing choice? Do you have a lot of livable cities with a great public transportation system, where people don’t want to live in? Or you have a zoned suburbia with NIMBY lobby and gated communities, where people barely can afford to live in? When was the last time you took a bus or travelled by train?
- jdenning 4y agoBanning gas furnaces for new construction is removing choice.