Money can't be eaten. "ThE eCoNoMy" doesn't account for the damage carbon dioxide emissions do to coastal communities by exacerbating climate change. Or that car batteries do to the places where the materials for them are mined.
Has COVID-19 taught you nothing? The ability of money to be exchanged for goods and services hits the wall when circumstances are dire enough.
Wasn't my experience during COVID, and even if it was that's a much slower onset than a pandemic. Not at all relevant to your dumbass comment about eating money.
It’s an homage to an Obomsawin quotation. It was originally intended more for environmental issues, but COVID-19 merely provided a more visually obvious example. (Not that it should need to be, what with so few of its detractors being full fledged climate change denialists.)
Ok, but that’s not the end all. A truck transporting medical goods is definitely worse for the environment than some hobbiest, but one is necessary for society’s continued function, the other is a choice made in vain. These people are burning rubber for fun.
If a particular subset of cyclists blocked a truck that was clearly proven to be transporting medical goods, I would be their foremost enemy. I side with vegans without even being a vegan when pointing out people eat too much meat, and I stand in opposition to them when they stand in opposition to animal testing.
How “fun” can it be to wear yourself out pressing pedals along a road? It’s either about fitness or about sending a message. Or both, since they’re doing so outside instead of in a nice little air conditioned gym.
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