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"paying the water bill" is a pretty normal thing for a large portion of the world. certainly for most of america. paying for water is not a dystopia. and tak
by notatoad 3y ago
"paying the water bill" is a pretty normal thing for a large portion of the world. certainly for most of america.
paying for water is not a dystopia. and taking a totally normal part of life and calling it "dystopian" with no further explanation is one of the laziest arguments ever.
- josefritz 3y agoPaying for water when you are poor is a threat to life and livelihood that's dystopian. This is the nature of dystopia, it mostly affects the impoverished.
- unshavedyak 3y agoIs it not the same for paying for food, as well? I generally agree, but water seems an arbitrary line to draw when we still have shelter and food to consider.
- throwaway44773 3y agoBefore humans decided to pollute a lot of the fresh water on earth or appropriate it for themselves, humans could just go to the nearest stream and get water. In that sense, it feels right that it should be easily accessible at no cost. Meanwhile, humans have usually had to expand considerable effort to build a shelter and gather or grow food. So i don’t see the line as being arbitrary.