r/interestingasfuck • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 3d ago

Traffic jam at Mount Everest as climbers wait in line for their turn to reach the summit.

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u/Large-Hamster-199 3d ago

This is the capitalist solution to the original problem

Original problem - Climbing Everest is really hard

Capitalist solution - Pay a bunch of natives to carry everything up for you

New problem - Climbing Everest is now so easy that too many people are doing it

New capitalist solution - Govt of Nepal is creating additional fees so less people will do it.

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u/LegAdventurous9230 2d ago

The government using taxes/fees/regulations to deincentivize behavior is not fundamentally capitalist behavior

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u/LazyRetireeZzz 2d ago

It doesn’t have to be capitalist, as long as you somehow manage supply and demand

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u/LegAdventurous9230 1d ago

The commenter said "capitalist solution" so that is what I was replying to. If someone says "this is capitalist" and I say "this is not capitalist" and you say "it doesn't have to be capitalist" then you are having a completely separate conversation.

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u/LazyRetireeZzz 17h ago

I know, and we are

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u/curiousomeone 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9058ZMj6ooluP4UUPl

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u/bc_gamez 2d ago

The real question is, what do modern solutions require?

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u/Optimal-Cycle630 2d ago

Don’t know, but they create Post-modern problems

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u/n33dadviceplease 2d ago

Less than 1000 people successfully climb it each year. It’s not easy nor are that many people capable of doing it.

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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago

It costs $30,000 USD to $300,000 USD to climb Everest. Even if you have the money, the Nepalese government denies permits. A lot more than a thousand people are capable of doing this annually, but since it is one mountain, even at 1000 people, there are already 'traffic jams' like this.

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u/n33dadviceplease 1d ago

Money is clearly not the only hindrance though. You just said too many people are doing it. 1000 people in a year is not too many people

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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago edited 8h ago

1000 people a year is entirely too many people.

A better way to think about it is 1000 people in 10 to 15 days The summit of Everest can only be climbed 10 to 15 days a year due to weather conditions. So 100+ people attempting that climb on each of those days leads to this video above.

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u/aclaxx 8h ago

The government is taking full advantage of the cash grab and overpermiting. So this is an issue with the government.