Not unlike roads and streets. Perhaps we should privatize them.
You give up freedom of movement and surrender your independence to a large, dirty, slow-moving machine and you are inevitably thrown in with the unwashed masses, many of who are at the lower rung of the economic ladder.
"Unwashed masses?" Scratch a libertarian and you find an elitist?
Not only do I not like public transportation, I think anybody who does doesn’t get what’s inherently wrong with it on a basic level.
"What's wrong with public transportation" in the sense of "why I don't like it" or in the sense of "why it shouldn't exist?"
As populations get larger, and roads get more crowded, and commuter and traffic jam times longer public transportation starts to make more sense. Even if you hate it, you might consider that taking all those people off the roads leaves more room for you and your car or ridiculous SUV.
Me: “Public transportation is not only a symbol of collectivism, but its collectivism incarnate.”
You: “Not unlike roads and streets. Perhaps we should privatize them.”
My response: Good point. We should privatize them. Keep the good ideas coming!
Me: “You give up freedom of movement and surrender your independence to a large, dirty, slow-moving machine and you are inevitably thrown in with the unwashed masses, many of who are at the lower rung of the economic ladder.
You: “ ‘Unwashed masses?’ Scratch a libertarian and you find an elitist?”
My response: I don’t know about all libertarians, but in the way that you probably mean, and pertaining to me, yes, I probably am an elitist. If by elitist you mean that I want to differentiate myself from the average and below average, then by all means, I’m an “elitist”.
Me: “Not only do I not like public transportation, I think anybody who does doesn’t get what’s inherently wrong with it on a basic level.”
You: “ ‘What’s wrong with public transportation’ in the sense of ‘why I don’t like it’ or in the sense of ‘why it shouldn’t exist?’ “
My response: Both.
You: “As populations get larger, and roads get more crowded, and commuter and traffic jam times longer public transportation starts to make more sense. Even if you hate it, you might consider that taking all those people off the roads leaves more room for you and your car or ridiculous SUV.”
My response: Another great point on your part! Now let’s see, how can we get the majority of the below average people in society to use public transportation? Wait a minute, maybe they will self-select! Wait a minute, maybe the below-average are *already* self-selecting public transit.
Ducky!