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Guess all that drinking water we have is just a waste then. Highways too. Airlines are unique in that they're essentially a public good that we've allowed to
by RC_ITR 4y ago
Guess all that drinking water we have is just a waste then.
Highways too.
Airlines are unique in that they're essentially a public good that we've allowed to be a private market (look at how often the government intervenes in the industry).
That doesn't mean that airplanes are pointless.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoAbsolutely. The entire building-airplanes-and-flying-them "industry" is a side effect of their necessity as weapons of war and toys for rich people (same thing, really). There is no rational reason for it to exist, especially knowing what we know now, but we're not a rational species.
- zeusk 4y agoWhy don’t you take a 30-45 day ocean journey to Asias over a 15hr flight then? Airlines are not just a toy for the rich, in fact majority of the passenger traffic is shuffled around in economy.
- RC_ITR 4y agoBuddy replace “building airplanes and flying them” with “growing food and eating it” and you’re describing agriculture until the 20th century. We’re humans. We fuck shit up. Our goal is to do it only when necessary.