Don't you get paid during fire academy?

I think he's saying it requires no special schooling to apply for the job. You don't need a graduate/masters/anything.... And any education/experience people do have is just a result of the applicant pool being so competitive.

In short: he's absolutely right.

So why can't a woman work in a managerial role? Very likely her job will not entail moving people.

Also, I wonder if more women could be firefighters if Americans weren't such fatties :(

You are literally failing to see the macro side.

1 person doing these things is a non-issue. On an individual level all these things are benign.

On a macro scale things like dodging speed cameras/ tolls, subway fare jumping, parking illegally, leaving shopping carts out, shoplifting, etc.... Are bad for society.

You live in NYC dude. 1 "it doesn't really matter it's nothing" x 8,000,000 people turns into a big deal real fast. The fact that only 5% of people are immoral enough to do it just means it's manageable....

Social pressures that move that 5% to 4% are good, and enabling behavior that pushes that 5% to 6% is bad.

Speeding endangers you, and tolls pay for your municipal services in place of taxes.

Would you be upset if you found out that 20% of police commit tax fraud?

I don't understand this mindset that just because someone is not literally removing your wallet from your pocket and taking money out of it- nothing bad is happening.