In my perfect future there's such great bike infrastructure and public transportation that this is something you can do if you're bored on a weekend because nobody needs the roads.
They don't have to. Bikes need their own space, bus can have their own lanes which increases overall efficiency, and train lines obviously need their own space.
Why are you getting down voted? Its true. I have never worked with or for someone who is even moderately wealthy that isn't an asshole. Its like a requirement to be rich.
Being an asshole is a consequence of being rich. Having social power in the form of wealth, status or fame causes neurological changes that reduce your brain's capacity for empathy, giving you a brain that looks more like someone born with psychopathy. Power corrupts on a brain-chemistry level.
Why are you getting down voted?
I don't see any downvotes, but i'd guess it's because people presume bad faith on the internet - not without some reason - and are interpretting my comment as a rude attack on the previous poster rather than an expansion of the same sentiment.
Edit: Well to be honest, not exactly the same sentiment - I think accusing only the 'baddies' of this 'we own the world' attitude requires forgetting or forgiving a lot of western history.
My own is sitting at 60%. The oerson I resoonded to was at 80 when I first commented. Guess some rich people don't like the question. Thank you for your response. I think I'll look for some papers that give evidence to that position. I know the citizens of the west do have some responsibility. We were clearly supposed to take action before it got to this point. But a lot of us reaching into adulthood today were born in this world. It was like this when we got here.
I personally see no benefits of inequality in our society, but it seems anyone with power is intent on keeping it this way.
There's a piece from stanford and harvard business review (of all places). I couldn't find the original studies on academia.edu after a couple minutes of searching but maybe you'll have better luck. I think there's a behind the bastards podcast episode about it too.
