It is not - as ‘bad things’ are in very high demand - and taxing it just reserves it for the rich.
UBI, perhaps.
I think we need to move to a much more service based economy. We need to consume less goods and more services. Eating out, laundry services, digital entertainment, concerts.
It is not - as ‘bad things’ are in very high demand - and taxing it just reserves it for the rich.
UBI, perhaps.
I think we need to move to a much more service based economy. We need to consume less goods and more services. Eating out, laundry services, digital entertainment, concerts.
But, sticking to the realist gist of this article - this is the capitalist way of dealing with things - if something is bad, make it scarce. A somewhat exaggerated take that is not completely wrong: If driving cars is bad, driving cars will cost a lot more in the future. The rich will drive cars, the poor will use public transport.
See also how poor people suffer much more in this pandemic (and in any other pandemic in the past) than wealthy people.
It is not - as ‘bad things’ are in very high demand - and taxing it just reserves it for the rich.
UBI, perhaps.
I think we need to move to a much more service based economy. We need to consume less goods and more services. Eating out, laundry services, digital entertainment, concerts.
More local food, less meat probably necessary too
But, sticking to the realist gist of this article - this is the capitalist way of dealing with things - if something is bad, make it scarce. A somewhat exaggerated take that is not completely wrong: If driving cars is bad, driving cars will cost a lot more in the future. The rich will drive cars, the poor will use public transport.
See also how poor people suffer much more in this pandemic (and in any other pandemic in the past) than wealthy people.
If we wanna be realist, that's how it goes.
For the 'poor' - It is one thing to forego something they've never had - quite another to be squeezed out of activities they've always enjoyed...