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@CelloMomOnCars @jay_peper Although I explicitly said that transit fares are not about money, I was very careful in writing that post to not say what purposes fares really serve. I have my opinions about that, which I think line up with yours. But my goal was to convince people to get some of their preconceptions out of the way of having a real conversation. Jumping straight to socioeconomic discrimination often does the opposite, inviting more knee-jerk reactions instead.

Besides, I haven't studied the broader issues in enough depth to feel like I could present and defend that argument well. This argument just required looking up some numbers and doing some math, and I know how to do that. But other people don't necessarily, so I think there's value in doing just this part too.

So ny hope is that people read my post and then are prepared to engage with comments like yours in good faith.