HashtagDadWatts t1_j7v5skc wrote
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I really enjoy citibike and feel like it's a good value for the money.
[deleted] t1_j7v6p47 wrote
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HashtagDadWatts t1_j7v6slz wrote
That's called being an ashhole, and I'm not an asshole.
froggythefish t1_j7v75qc wrote
How is that being an asshole? You paid the taxes which bought the bike. Surely by this definition, it is public property. Surely you are part of the public.
jm14ed t1_j7vbhvu wrote
Citibike doesn’t get any public funding
Not that you care about facts or anything.
froggythefish t1_j7vcboh wrote
Yes they do?
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7v9dwd wrote
Stealing public property is something assholes do.
froggythefish t1_j7v9uhq wrote
How can you “steal public property”. It’s public. You already own it. It belongs to everyone. It’s equally as silly as saying you can trespass on a public park.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vabh0 wrote
If it belongs to everyone, then I don't personally own it. Only assholes don't understand that.
froggythefish t1_j7val4q wrote
If it belongs to everyone, everyone personally owns it, and everyone can do whatever they want with it, because it belongs to them. So anyone can take it wherever they want, like, for example, into their home. Why are people only able to comprehend things in the framework of private ownership?
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vb737 wrote
That's not how society works. What a stupid line of thinking.
Go try to build a house in Bryant Park and let us know how it turns out.
froggythefish t1_j7vc17k wrote
You’re so close. So so close. Tell me, since public parks belong to everyone, why can’t I build there? It’s almost as if public property isn’t public, and more like private property owned by a company, which calls itself the “government”. The solution is to steal the private property from the government, and declare it public, until there is no government property left for them to operate from.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vc80l wrote
It's more like you don't understand the nature of public property or, more generally, organized society. Lol.
froggythefish t1_j7vcqww wrote
If you knew what public means, you would know it makes no sense for it not to belong to the public
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vczve wrote
You've now repeated yourself, so you can just read back to the top of this thread for my thoughts. Good luck in your crusade to illogically convince people to act like assholes.
froggythefish t1_j7vd3wk wrote
Public property is owned by the public.
How does this not make sense to you?
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vd8ok wrote
froggythefish t1_j7ve25t wrote
I never said only you personally own it. I said every individual who is part of the public personally owns it. Not everything is private property dude.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7velky wrote
froggythefish t1_j7vgglm wrote
That’s irrelevant and only shows that the government is stealing from society, by directing public funding to private projects, and then pretending said private projects are public.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vh8s0 wrote
froggythefish t1_j7vhdux wrote
Again, public property is public. If it’s not public, it’s not public property. This isn’t complicated really.
HashtagDadWatts t1_j7vj071 wrote
edit: lol dude got triggered and blocked me after this - so fragile
froggythefish t1_j7vj5ly wrote
Irrelevant, do you have an actual response?
snobum t1_j7var46 wrote
It belongs to everyone. Not to you. It's sad that people don't understand this and why we can't have nice things.
froggythefish t1_j7vba08 wrote
It belongs to everyone, correct. So why can’t one person, who is part of “everyone”, do as they please with it? They’re not preventing others from doing the same.
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