23 sats \ 1 reply \ @nerd2ninja 26 Jul 2022 \ on: WEF Calls to End ‘Wasteful’ Private Car Ownerships to fight climate change 🤡 bitcoin
Yes this is what the IMF meant when they said "You will own nothing and be happy". They (the IMF and WEF) would like to see a shift from private car ownership, to more widespread use of car sharing platforms like Uber. So in other words, end private car ownership and take an Uber instead.
Like most central plans, this notion ignores the realities of people living in forests ahem I mean rural areas. You have to drive 30 minutes just to buy groceries.
Being happy? Yes please I want to be happy. And not owning stuff is awesome - using Uber is so convenient over having a car: it's always everywhere, it doesn't loose 50% of its value in the first year, it doesn't need repair all the time, gas price. Not owning furniture and moving into a finished apartment is awesome. Renting electric scooters is awesome. Etc. Possessions are dragging you down and one day you don't own stuff but the stuff owns you. Yes please I want to own nothing and be happy.
But it feels like a slap in the face when someone from the lower class who doesn't own a lot hears it. Or someone from the middle class struggling to keep his buying power in inflation hears this from some suit wearing rich person.
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