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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Or, we can accept that not all things are equal, with respect to societal value, but we still want them. Otherwise, if we are going to do the comparison game every time, we will basically be down to schools and hospitals.
However, the world is a little bigger and more complicated than that, and the city budget is $7B/yr so that gives us a little wiggle room to include some other things.
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You’re the one who wanted to dumb the conversation down to entertainment value, so I’m not sure why you’re now saying the world is more complicated. I get that you wanted to go there to land your weird attempt at being condescending, but it was never in question.
The city budget is $7B. Great. But outside of people who are genuinely terrible with their money, nobody makes spending decisions based on their total budget. That’s like saying you bought a new computer because “you could afford to” and then it turns out you asked your dad for money, saved a bit because you decided not to go to the dentist this year, and put the rest on credit.
But BigThief is right, you seem to be missing the point entirely, because the fact that “people want it” and “there’s wiggle room in the city budget” has really nothing to do with what was being discussed and, at best, proves the point you’re trying to dispute.