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If anyone wants to know why the human race is doomed it’s because of precisely what this article describes: Individual property owners having no desire to be p
by AndrewKemendo 10mo ago
If anyone wants to know why the human race is doomed it’s because of precisely what this article describes:
Individual property owners having no desire to be part of a unified community in order to address an externality caused by a corporation exporting pollution.
That’s it. You can’t fix that which means independent human organizations can’t form that aren’t focused around direct financial benefit to the individual.
- TimorousBestie 10mo agoNot to be unnecessarily mean to Texans, but I think this is more of a Texas problem than a humanity problem.
- AndrewKemendo 10mo agoA glib comment but the reality is that Texas is not that far off of the global mean
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- rayiner 10mo agoTexas is what the global mean aspires to be. My mom visited my extended family in Australia and Canada (we’re originally from a third world country) and came back ranting about how “poor” those countries were and how “nobody can get rich.” What she meant was that they don’t have big mcmansions on two acres everywhere and a doctor or lawyer or engineer only makes a comfortable salary instead of a $500k+.
- cwillu 10mo ago“Texas is what the global mean aspires to be” huh?
- WarOnPrivacy 10mo ago"Texas counties lack authority to enforce noise limits" This seems to be the core of the issue. Perhaps Texas idealism means The Profits of the One outweigh Welfare of the Many. Another possible interpretation is that: Profit alone makes the unethical, ethical.