*Facepalm* Great review of what seems to be a terrible, terrible movie. Sheesh.
Listen, morons, the whole entire reason we have regulations now is because we didn't used to. And it didn't work! We tried it and after a few millennia everyone just got fed up with people needlessly dying all the time, because it ends up that if you leave it up to the people who are paying to construct stuff to pay extra and to not cut corners to ensure the structure/product/whatever is safe, they --surprise--don't pay extra or not cut corners to ensure the structure/product/whatever is safe. Why not? Because the numbers are real, and, meh, fuck it, it'll probably be fine.
Look, in some towns you have to shovel off the sidewalk in front of your property, right? Everyone does that and the city saves a tonne on snow removal.
BUT, what if you didn't have to? What if, okay, no one else was doing it so it would be nice if everyone did it, but if you didn't, meh, whatever? Would you then go and bother shovelling it off if you weren't going to be using it?
What if you had to pay to shovel it off and you weren't the one using it? And you didn't have to?
I mean, sure, some old lady might be walking by and fall and break a hip, but really, how likely is that to happen? Meanwhile, the cost to shovel it off is real.
Hey, if you didn't have to pay your taxes, would you?
Know what happens if paying taxes is optional? Greece.
The idea that people who are the ones who have to pay the money, or who are making more or less money if they don't or do make that effort, will pay extra or take extra time and/or effort to do something ultimately altruistic without being forced to do so by government regulations is ridiculously naive. Like, "Don't worry about leaving your tap credit card on the counter while you head into the change rooms for ten minutes because no one who comes across it would ever just walk off with it" naive. Like, "Sure, that man with the panel van full of candy and a lost puppy just wants a quick word" naive.
Like, we already tried it and it failed horrifically and hundreds of people died, over and over and over naive.
--Sorry, this is a sore point because my brother is an idiot and thinks the American government should have deregulized banks after the economic collapse because it's obviously government regulations that caused the banks to fail, and not ridiculous and systemic levels of completely irresponsible greed. Ooh, let's let them do that some more! It worked so well last time!
He's an idiot and this movie is idiotic and Ayn Rand is a huge idiot. And now I want to punch her in her stupid face. And also this movie.
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Date: 2016-01-10 03:32 pm (UTC)Listen, morons, the whole entire reason we have regulations now is because we didn't used to. And it didn't work! We tried it and after a few millennia everyone just got fed up with people needlessly dying all the time, because it ends up that if you leave it up to the people who are paying to construct stuff to pay extra and to not cut corners to ensure the structure/product/whatever is safe, they --surprise--don't pay extra or not cut corners to ensure the structure/product/whatever is safe. Why not? Because the numbers are real, and, meh, fuck it, it'll probably be fine.
Look, in some towns you have to shovel off the sidewalk in front of your property, right? Everyone does that and the city saves a tonne on snow removal.
BUT, what if you didn't have to? What if, okay, no one else was doing it so it would be nice if everyone did it, but if you didn't, meh, whatever? Would you then go and bother shovelling it off if you weren't going to be using it?
What if you had to pay to shovel it off and you weren't the one using it? And you didn't have to?
I mean, sure, some old lady might be walking by and fall and break a hip, but really, how likely is that to happen? Meanwhile, the cost to shovel it off is real.
Hey, if you didn't have to pay your taxes, would you?
Know what happens if paying taxes is optional? Greece.
The idea that people who are the ones who have to pay the money, or who are making more or less money if they don't or do make that effort, will pay extra or take extra time and/or effort to do something ultimately altruistic without being forced to do so by government regulations is ridiculously naive. Like, "Don't worry about leaving your tap credit card on the counter while you head into the change rooms for ten minutes because no one who comes across it would ever just walk off with it" naive. Like, "Sure, that man with the panel van full of candy and a lost puppy just wants a quick word" naive.
Like, we already tried it and it failed horrifically and hundreds of people died, over and over and over naive.
--Sorry, this is a sore point because my brother is an idiot and thinks the American government should have deregulized banks after the economic collapse because it's obviously government regulations that caused the banks to fail, and not ridiculous and systemic levels of completely irresponsible greed. Ooh, let's let them do that some more! It worked so well last time!
He's an idiot and this movie is idiotic and Ayn Rand is a huge idiot. And now I want to punch her in her stupid face. And also this movie.
Bah.