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Living in a society is sometimes a short term negative to a particular individual. If everyone solely optimized for their own situation, society would fail. Wh
by Caligatio 2y ago
Living in a society is sometimes a short term negative to a particular individual. If everyone solely optimized for their own situation, society would fail.
Why should I have to be OK to have a sidewalk on my property when it lowers my property value? Why should I have to agree to have utilities be buried in my yard if it might lead to a loss of use if said utilities need to be repaired? Why should I need to be OK with housing that will give people a place to live if it means I have to endure more traffic?
- readyman 2y ago>If everyone solely optimized for their own situation, society would fail. So why should we allow profiteers to exploit working people endlessly instead of building public housing? YIMBYs are precisely as insufferable as NIMBYs.
- itioo 2y agoGarbage in, garbage out. If society is told to be exploitative and annoying to get ahead, that’s what you get. When it was asked to work together equitably (before Reagan cut the tax rate from 70%+) more equitable society is what we got.
- readyman 2y ago>If society is told to be exploitative and annoying to get ahead, that’s what you get. Nonsense. If a society is structured as such, it makes no difference what is "told". And who is doing this "telling" anyhow?
- givemeethekeys 2y agoMany neighborhoods do not have sidewalks. Many streets have a sidewalk on one side of the street. People who move into those neighborhoods do so willingly.
- aodonnell2536 2y ago> If everyone solely optimized for their own situation, society would fail I don’t buy it. Most people’s interests are aligned within the context of a healthy and functioning neighborhood, and by extension society