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Originally Posted by CBreezy
Except in your true capitalism argument, people who can't afford the extreme air fare or $90 bottles of water die. You shouldn't get to live because you have more money.
Plenty of people die on this planet (sadly and unfortunately) because they don't have access to clean water or can't afford clean water. Other things like cancer might be survivable if you can afford the treatments and get it done in time. Someone who can't afford that will not live. I don't think anyone denies that you have a better chance of making it in life and/or living longer if you have the money or have more money than another.
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Originally Posted by Xtreme87
...And that is the problem with today's world. The reason why everybody treats each other like a piece of garbage, mass shootings, etc... In your world, everything is just money and numbers, there is no humanity in this capitalistic system. Capitalism is great and all, but when you take all sense of humanity from people, you take the only thing that sets people apart from animals.
Are you really implying the reason we aren't animals is because we have humanity? The reason we're like this is because of our first world status, high literacy rate, people are educated, laws, law enforcement, and (mostly) taught to obey rules and be somewhat respectful of people's own business. Obviously not always, but to a degree people do.
Look at this evacuation pic:
People are trying to run away from potential death. Yet, look how orderly it is. No one is driving on the shoulder. No one in the grass. If this was a 3rd world country, you'd have mass choas with cars everywhere. In fact, in a 3rd world country, the opposite side would be forced off as cars would drive away in that direction too.
Humanity is a social construct, so some people have it and others don't. Still, business is going to be business for many people.
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
You can still get super saver fares same day short notice. For example, AA is charging $68 for LAX-ORD daily right now, it's that price months from now too.
Only because Frontier is offering $50 on that same route.
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Furthermore, price caps are capitalism, the airlines were charging $600+, till Jetblue came in and offered $99 for all seats. There is nothing more capitalistic than undercutting competition.
Except when the ME3 do it
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Originally Posted by dwightkschrute
Except when you have the ability to help or not screw over your fellow man, you do the right thing. When things go downhill quickly, all that separates us from animals is the ability to be empathetic and altruistic. You don't alienate others simply because they don't have the means to pay exorbitant prices in their time of need. It's the same reason you wouldn't leave a handicapped person behind.
Life is indeed short but what makes for the warmest and most fulfilling stories? People helping people (or animals).
I like how "animals" are written off as if they are barbaric and unworthy. Humans are worse than animals, that's just fact. No other animal is and has been as destructive to this planet as humans. No species kills just for sport/fun/crime like humans have. No animal has slaughtered millions over the years their own version of what sky fairy they believe in. No animal has started wars with other animals over oil, money, or foreign alliances. Humans are much worse, and we are an over-rated species.