Parking on the Street

[ash71]

I think the difference between a want and a need is blurred for you.
For example, just because you "need" a big truck to pull your 5th wheel doesn't actually make having a big truck a need. It's still a want.

No, .. what is blurred to you is the concept of individual vs collective needs. And you've got it all wrong. Neither, you nor anyone else gets to decide what my needs are. We are not a collectivist society.

Well, don't expect society to cater to your wan... I mean "needs".

[BC Landlord]

Well, don't expect society to cater to your wan... I mean "needs".

And who exactly is the "society"? Is it not me?

[Bsuds]

Well, don't expect society to cater to your wan... I mean "needs".

And who exactly is the "society"? Is it not me?

I guess according to him no one will sell you anything you want/need.

Good luck with that, they all will go out of business if they stop selling.

[spooker]

No, .. what is blurred to you is the concept of individual vs collective needs. And you've got it all wrong. Neither, you nor anyone else gets to decide what my needs are. We are not a collectivist society.

Well, don't expect society to cater to your wan... I mean "needs".

The funny thing is the use of "not" with "collectivist" and "society" ... considering that the meaning of "society" roughly is a collection of people "forming a community of interdependent individuals" ... keyword being "interdependent"

It's interesting to observe how the culture of North America has evolved to thinking of themselves as individuals who don't have a connection to others in their community ... how we now think of street parking as belonging to "us" (meaning the individual) and should be under our individual control ...

[BC Landlord]

I guess according to him no one will sell you anything you want/need.

People like that think that governments should have an upper hand on whatever people want/need, all in the name of some greater good, no matter what. The concept is called "collectivism", which is an euphemism for communism.

[Ken7]

I think the difference between a want and a need is blurred for you.
For example, just because you "need" a big truck to pull your 5th wheel doesn't actually make having a big truck a need. It's still a want.

No, .. what is blurred to you is the concept of individual vs collective needs. And you've got it all wrong. Neither, you nor anyone else gets to decide what my needs are. We are not a collectivist society.

Almost sounds like someone is trying to determine what your needs are. Like really...what next, I only need 500 sq feet to live in.

[lesliepaul]

No, .. what is blurred to you is the concept of individual vs collective needs. And you've got it all wrong. Neither, you nor anyone else gets to decide what my needs are. We are not a collectivist society.

Almost sounds like someone is trying to determine what your needs are. Like really...what next, I only need 500 sq feet to live in.

Can you say "Gestapo"...........and believe me, you would have some nutcase Castanet supporters on this.

[BC Landlord]

Almost sounds like someone is trying to determine what your needs are. Like really...what next, I only need 500 sq feet to live in.

It won't happen unless we (as populace) allow them. In fact, there is a growing push-back against this nonsense. The thing is, these people won't take a "no" for answer.