12-12-2020, 12:05 AM
(12-11-2020, 10:15 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(12-11-2020, 09:31 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I am saying inequal enforcement is intended to reinforce existing inequities in our society.
That’s basically a conspiracy theory.
To be clear, I have a lot of respect for a lot of what you have said on this topic. But the idea that the reason the Region enforces fares rigorously is in order to reinforce existing inequities is absurd. You are effectively saying that decisionmaking staff within GRT and/or members of Regional Council have, as a life goal, the reinforcement of existing inequities in our society; and have thought this through and have decided that a good way of achieving that goal is to have rigorous fare enforcement on the LRT.
It is not remotely that....I did not say that.
I did not say that say Michael Harris is sitting in his office scheming to keep transit riders down using enforcement. This is not an individual act, this is a collective social act.
But the 'system' that is our society seeks to perpetuate itself. It's not a conscious choice by any one person, but is the cumulative effect of all of our choices. We have aggressive fare enforcement because the system is inequal and choosing to enforce fares aggressive perpetuates that inequality. We choose to do it, even though we know that is the case. Tare enforcement's purpose is to emaintain the system, the implicit in that is maintaining inequality.
Think about it, why did nobody object to fare enforcement on council, why is it so controversial to disagree with it. You see even in this forum people are uncomfortable with the notion that our system is broken or that there is unfairness in the system. They see it as a personal attack.
We need to understand collective action and collective behaviour independent from the choices any individual in our society makes.