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ThyCorndog 06/17/17 6:30:40 PM #1: |
Like let's say the planet's atmosphere becomes toxic, or we colonize a planet or asteroid and have to live in facilities that have air generated and filtered by machines
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Pogo_Marimo 06/17/17 6:32:02 PM #2: |
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TheFuzz3451 06/17/17 7:44:39 PM #4: |
If capitalists could charge people to breathe they would
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PMarth2002 06/17/17 7:50:13 PM #5: |
Maybe a general tax to maintain the infrastructure needed to keep air flowing or whatever, but literally making people pay for air sounds sketchy as fuck.
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ThyCorndog 06/17/17 7:52:02 PM #6: |
I was mostly thinking about this because we have to pay for water, which we all need to live. air is just more immediately important and kills you after minutes of not having it rather than days
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uwnim 06/17/17 7:57:35 PM #7: |
ThyCorndog posted...
I was mostly thinking about this because we have to pay for water, which we all need to live. air is just more immediately important and kills you after minutes of not having it rather than days Yes, but for drinking purposes, there are plenty of ways to get free water. Most places either have water fountains or give out free cups of water. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Unsugarized_Foo 06/17/17 7:58:13 PM #8: |
leave it free so everyone can die at once
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ThyCorndog 06/17/17 7:58:58 PM #9: |
yea, there's ways to access water for free (and food). but since air is so vital to have constantly I was wondering about the implications of it. like I wonder if some corporations would try and normalize an "air bill" the way we have a water bill in a situation where air wasn't readily available
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uwnim 06/17/17 8:13:05 PM #11: |
ThyCorndog posted...
yea, there's ways to access water for free (and food). but since air is so vital to have constantly I was wondering about the implications of it. like I wonder if some corporations would try and normalize an "air bill" the way we have a water bill in a situation where air wasn't readily available They'd just get compensation from the government. Would be cheaper for them than trying to control delivery and measure air consumption. --- I want a pet Lavos Spawn. [Order of the Cetaceans: Phocoena dioptrica] ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Pogo_Marimo 06/18/17 12:31:04 AM #12: |
Reminder that capitalists literally currently profit from selling air, and not just in a medical use.
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