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> I would assume by making decisions that push people towards technologies or lifestyles that have massive negative externalities but high profits (e.g. Car cul
by avgcorrection 3y ago
> I would assume by making decisions that push people towards technologies or lifestyles that have massive negative externalities but high profits (e.g. Car culture, unrepairable technology) or lobby for businesses/laws that are net negative for society (e.g. Oil & Gas, Pollution regulations for farming, energy and manufacturing).
See? “Pushing” and “lifestyles”. Clearly the framing is still centered on the “consumer” (apt word) even when the whole paragraph discusses the role that the rich play.
Yes. The rich helped build a country (or countries) of car-dependence. You can’t vote-with-your-wallet for country-wide road networks. Same with suburbs. And high-priced apartments in areas where the jobs are.
So you get the so-called suburbia lifestyle which is committed by the so-called consumers.
- baggy_trough 3y agoThis lifestyle is very much desired by the middle class so I don't think you can blame the rich for it.
- avgcorrection 3y agoCommuting 1 1/2 hours a day in rush hour traffic because you live in suburbia in order to work in the city center where the “good jobs” are, the great lifestyle dream.
- baggy_trough 3y agoas evidenced by revealed preferences, yes.