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I think this is the perfect counterpoint to all the articles over the last week about letting the government fail as long as tech keeps making money. We only m
by PLenz 13y ago
I think this is the perfect counterpoint to all the articles over the last week about letting the government fail as long as tech keeps making money.
We only make money because a huge infrastructure of transport and a mass of non-sexy industry is there to support us. The tech industry is as the artists of old. We are a small number at the tip-top of a pyramid. Remove anything below us and we topple.
- accountoftheday 13y agoThat, or we buy a car to commute.
- subway 13y agoOr tech provides its own commute infrastructure a la GBus.
- PLenz 13y agoOn roads and bridges paid for by the government.
- selmnoo 13y agoI cannot believe that any strain of "no government!!" libertarianism still lingers on in any outlet that supposedly is a place for smart people. I mean, come on, it's basic math people, it's not that hard to figure out. And anyway, it's been completely decimated by the likes of John Rawls in the academia. I'm befuddled to see that we still keep running into this though.
- baddox 13y ago> I mean, come on, it's basic math people, it's not that hard to figure out. Out of sheer morbid curiosity, I really want to know more about this basic math you think supports your point.
- jumei 13y ago" I'm befuddled to see that we still keep running into this though." Please be more specific... What is it that confuses you. The lack of wages for public service? Or the idea that people are standing up for their rights? I apologize for my ignorance my communication skills are less than par. I do not understand your comment... Are you associating the recent partial govt shutdown to strike/rally? If so, please explain the correlations.
- selmnoo 13y agoI was lamenting the fact that just today we've gone over a number of discussions in which people were defending a society without government, and other silly things (including the assertion that government shutdown is a good thing in any capacity). It's not a good thing. It should be very incredibly clear that it's not a good thing.
- jumei 13y agoDo you understand local:fed govt? It's okay to not understand something...
- gweinberg 13y agoPaid for by me.
- andrewfong 13y agoAnd sit in some horrendous bumper-to-bumper traffic.
- curlyquote 13y agoGood luck getting through the bay area when everyone is driving
- rosser 13y agoAnd make the tragedy of the commons that much more tragic.
- baddox 13y agoThere aren't private mass transportation services only because it's illegal for those to exist.
- dredmorbius 13y agoCitation needed. Fact: Many existing transit services originated as private companies. Funding often came from business, retailer, and real-estate interests: increasing the availability of transportation increased the availability of employees, of shoppers, and the value of housing. On a large scale, though transit companies are hugely capital intensive, require close coordination with other entities, and tend to have positive externalities which limit the ability to fund operations strictly out of farebox revenues. A large number of non-BART commuters, employers, retailers, and others, are about to discover the value of the transit system, which moves over 370,000 riders daily.
- Jayschwa 13y agoLocal governments != Federal government. The Federal government could be significantly castrated without too many problems for most people. Dysfunctional local government is what I'd lose sleep over.