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by dctoedt 671 days ago
> the utility of public transit or public parks goes down for 90% of the population in order to avoid draconian enforcement against 1-2% of the population that’s homeless, mentally unwell, or drug users.

It's possible to provide alternatives for the 1-2%, but proposals to do that will generally be met by outcries from various corners — NIMBYs, small-government types, etc.
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rayiner 671 days ago
But that’s just another type of catering to the minority at the expense of the majority.
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dctoedt 670 days ago
> But that’s just another type of catering to the minority at the expense of the majority.

Rawls's original position (a.k.a. veil of ignorance) is, in essence, "There, but for the grace of God, go I or my loved ones — so let's help others the way we'd hope to be helped if life had dealt us a similarly-bad hand." (That latter part should sound familiar ....)

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