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My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them. And to use them with friends and family members that can't pay for them.
by maxrmk 7mo ago
My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them. And to use them with friends and family members that can't pay for them.
- palmotea 7mo ago> My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them. You can't actually do that. None of those companies are charities. You pay one way or another.
- dotancohen 7mo agoSure, and while we're at it how about busses that you don't have to pay for? And food? And housing, why not?
- IAmBroom 7mo agoYou are acting as if that is crazy talk. It IS possible. And desirable, to many of us. Just not going to happen. But the post above was discussing wants.
- dotancohen 7mo agoFrom where comes the money?
- thbb123 7mo agoIn Europe, more and more public transportation is free, or at least very heavily subsidized The costs are covered by local taxes, to curb on individual vehicle use and reduce congestion. After some hiccups, some cities manage good economies of scale where everybody, including the environment, wins. As for housing and food, while there the incentive structure is more fragile, at least, we have homeless shelters that are free, and once again, everybody wins: the costs are very low, and cities are far safer and cleaner.
- samrus 7mo agoIf transportation, housing, and food were paid for by giving private corporations and they demanded to incade our privacy as payment then i would be against that too actually
- thbb123 7mo agoBut in this occurrence, they are public services, under the public administration's control. Successful socialism if you want.
- dotancohen 7mo agoSo where does the money come from?
- samrus 7mo agoIf you desired to inject heroin into your veins, that wouldnt mean we should decriminalize it