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0 pointsdsfyu404ed7y ago0 comments

>I never understood how anyone possibly felt the ridiculously extremist state of affairs of automobile/fuel regulations/taxes/etc in Denmark is appropriate.

You will never understand it because those people have a completely different world view than you or I when it comes to taxation. You will also probably never understand a lot of other crazy things that people with different world views believe.

The idea that taxes and government involvement in everything should be the minimum possible is foreign to them in the same way that a woman is CEO of GM and that's not a problem to us is completely foreign to the Taliban.

Obviously it's a two way street and the idea that someone would want gas to cost $5/L and that someone might not be ok with a female CEO is equally foreign and impossible for us to relate to.

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interfixus7y ago

Up to a point. I'm Danish, and I should certainly like the state to gtf out of whole sectors of what it's currently busybodying around with. I have worked in the public sector here ('been employed by' is a more accurate term) - I've seen the waste and the iron law of bureaucracy at full mindless throttle. But you're right in the sense that I'm in a small minority here, and that most people have not a clue in the world what I'm even talking about.

jjuhl7y ago

$5/L? Make that $50/L if I was in charge.

rootusrootus7y ago

I suppose one fairly effective way to reduce emissions is to crush the economy. But it does have some negative externalities.

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