I think we have a fundamental philosophical disagreement here. You think that human systems should follow human ideals first and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think human systems should follow natural systems and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think this keeps us grounded and enables the bottom-up growth and evolution of our civilization.
As such I think it is entirely fair that the default is that prices for services should reflect the resources consumed for such a service. I agree there should be exceptions such as healthcare (up to a certain extent that's negotiated within each political unit) but air travel is definitely not one of them.
I see! I understand and it's not that I disagree completely, I'm just worried that losing compassion is way too easy in that case. That everything get's transactional. I've read too much cyberpunk to not be weary of that ;)
I think we have a fundamental philosophical disagreement here. You think that human systems should follow human ideals first and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think human systems should follow natural systems and only deviate when absolutely necessary. I think this keeps us grounded and enables the bottom-up growth and evolution of our civilization.
As such I think it is entirely fair that the default is that prices for services should reflect the resources consumed for such a service. I agree there should be exceptions such as healthcare (up to a certain extent that's negotiated within each political unit) but air travel is definitely not one of them.