You’re right…it’s the culture…and I’ve def experienced this sort of thing first hand in life (even thought I’m only 21).
This feels like so much of a no-brainer after reading this…we should just have real dialogue and conversations to try and come up with a fair deal. We need to stop being afraid to escalate things out of politeness or avoidance of confrontation.
It’s like this: life is full of difficult decisions and conversations…but those are the exact moments where great things happen. When these conversations are had, they lead to collaboration and humans working together towards adjacent goals. These conversations are what the world is built on.
It’s my belief that hardly anyone is against making things better…be it rail transport or something else. They just need to be invited (directly) into the conversation and treated/compensated fairly.
The sooner we start having these difficult conversations, the better things will get with housing, transit, and anything, in my opinion. People are missing human connection to their governments.
Thanks! Yes, I agree that pretty much everyone wants to make things better. It's just that sometimes they can cling to issues directly related to their experience while missing the bigger picture.
One more thing: the authority part matters a LOT as well. People won’t listen to someone who doesn’t have the perceived Ethos to be negotiating or debating with them.
Since I’m young, and increasingly knowledgeable on things like this for my age (not bragging lol), I feel like I get unintentionally dismissed by people older than me. They just don’t believe me since I’m much younger.
You’re right…it’s the culture…and I’ve def experienced this sort of thing first hand in life (even thought I’m only 21).
This feels like so much of a no-brainer after reading this…we should just have real dialogue and conversations to try and come up with a fair deal. We need to stop being afraid to escalate things out of politeness or avoidance of confrontation.
It’s like this: life is full of difficult decisions and conversations…but those are the exact moments where great things happen. When these conversations are had, they lead to collaboration and humans working together towards adjacent goals. These conversations are what the world is built on.
It’s my belief that hardly anyone is against making things better…be it rail transport or something else. They just need to be invited (directly) into the conversation and treated/compensated fairly.
The sooner we start having these difficult conversations, the better things will get with housing, transit, and anything, in my opinion. People are missing human connection to their governments.
Thanks! Yes, I agree that pretty much everyone wants to make things better. It's just that sometimes they can cling to issues directly related to their experience while missing the bigger picture.
One more thing: the authority part matters a LOT as well. People won’t listen to someone who doesn’t have the perceived Ethos to be negotiating or debating with them.
Since I’m young, and increasingly knowledgeable on things like this for my age (not bragging lol), I feel like I get unintentionally dismissed by people older than me. They just don’t believe me since I’m much younger.