Originally posted by RacerX
They do. It's called Socialism.
In this country we have a system called Capitalism. Be realistic. People are not motivated by the "good of society". People have selfish motivations--and rightly so. That is how this system works.
As for cycling to work, that is simply unrealistic for the majority of people to do...
There is neither Socialism nor Capitalism anymore on Earth. It is Motorism now.
Everywhere you look at you see the same picture - lazy luxury, consequent excessive driving, and also consequent environmental collapse.
It came even to China already.
Check out this
link. What makes this guy do this? Socialism? Capitalism? The answer is - neither.