Bicycle or McDonald's Economy

The bicycle is the slow death of the planet. General Director of Euro Exim Bank Ltd. got economists thinking when he said: "A cyclist is a disaster for the country's economy: he does not buy cars and does not borrow money to buy. He does not pay for insurance policies. He does not buy fuel, does not pay for the necessary maintenance and repairs. He does not use paid parking. He does not cause serious accidents. He does not require multi-lane highways. He does not get fat. Healthy people are neither needed nor useful for the economy. They don't buy medicine. They do not go to hospitals or doctors. Nothing is added to the country's GDP (gross domestic product). On the contrary, every new McDonald's restaurant creates at least 30 jobs: 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietary experts and nutritionists, and obviously, people who work at the restaurant itself." Choose carefully: cyclist or McDonald's? It is worth considering. P.S. Walking is even worse. Pedestrians don't even buy bicycles.

A screenshot of an anonymous imageboard post presents a satirical argument that cyclists and pedestrians are bad for the economy because they do not buy cars, fuel, insurance, repairs, medicine, or hospital services. It contrasts this with McDonald's, joking that fast food creates jobs for cardiologists, dentists, nutritionists, and restaurant workers. The meme is used as an ironic reaction to economic arguments that treat unhealthy consumption and pollution as beneficial simply because they increase GDP.

• @eternalclassic / 667 2021-10-01