Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
This wasn’t really a communism problem, though. The goods weren’t common, they were for rent. There was no obligation implied for riders to fix the bikes, they were paid for. This was a bubble.
+1
Capitalism bubble, for profit ventures w/o understanding of their markets and targeted customers.
Nor from the manufacturers and their investors.
More communal would be to leave them out for free use in locations where the operations failed. And every feasible location in China as viable and available transportation instead of the mass graveyards, waiting to be recycled at profitable margins.
Saw these photos and related article posted on our local social cycling facebook page last week.
Crazy imagery, bit depressing but makes you think about another problem in our global community, how it does indeed relate to capitalism, and may generate new ideas on how we can do things better going forward. As individuals and in our own cities and communities.
Also made me think of how bikeshare programs/companies and the bicycle industry in general are related to China's aluminum and other recycling industries affected/related to recent US trade tariffs in the now and future.