Well that's it, it almost always is more convenient (again, assuming you have one, it has fuel, roads are built and prioritize cars etc.), but that completely ignores all the negative externalities.
Like: it would always be more 'convenient' for me to pee against a wall when I need to go, but if everyone starting pissing everywhere it would be objectively worse for everyone.
I love this! Really gets at the essence of what I was thinking, thank you.
This. I'm a computer programmer, never been in a union, but after twenty years of startups I cannot believe how good it is to be at a small, stable, employee owned company.
Only looking back do I realize that the people doing the actual work were never in control, and just how damaging that is.
To pour you life and soul into building something (time, and time again), and then have it taken away from you again, and again.
Never going back.
People should be allowed to have a car, but it should be parked at the edge of the neighborhood and only be allowed to come in for loading and unloading of heavy things
That's exactly what this development is?
Well, not necessarily, right? It could be funded any number of ways, but on YT you're locked in to either watching their ads, or paying their premium.
Well yes, this is the problem isn't it:
A lemmy for video streaming
Ask and you shall receive: https://joinpeertube.org/
There are even companies springing up who will run and host it for you, for a price, of course.
Dare I ask where he is hiding this, and what bonkers evil regimes you are referring to?
Why "never support"?
Amazing summary, and I'm glad you mentioned landlords. I am having such a struggle lately when people tell me about their 'side hustle' as a landlord, and how they make so much passive income. I just wanna scream "so you feel good about making money doing basically nothing while there are so many people unsheltered, and living paycheck to paycheck?".
Forgive me for only TLDW and not watching, but was ack mentioned?
I've never looked back.