HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle

Three Flushes for American Capitalism!

Views: 210
The greatest city in the world - New York, New York - is home to 8 million souls, a magnet for 52 million tourists a year, and legendary for the grossest public toilets this side of a Turkish prison. That makes sense, since nobody really owns public toilets, leading to the ultimate tragedy of the commons.

There's a reason the Big Apple shopping blog Racked recently recommended a list of the 16 best in store bathrooms for New Yorkers on the go. Can you imagine a similar list of johns maintained by Mayor Mike Bloomberg's tidy team?

Getting top marks is the restroom at the upscale accessory store Henri Bendel, where each stall is the size of an Upper West Side studio apartment.

The tastefully decorated facility at the half-coffee shop, half-clothing store Saturday's Surf has beautifully designed wooden accents.

Bergdorf Goodman offers bathroom-goers a delightful combination of fancy beauty products, mood lighting, and fresh-cut flowers.

So forget Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, and Times Square. What makes New York great are all those private spaces that businessmen leave open for the public to trample, whether that means misusing the books at Barnes and Noble, surfing the internet at the Apple Store, or working all day at a Brooklyn coffee shop while nursing a single $2 cup of joe.New York is legendary for the grossest public toilets this side of a Turkish prison

More important: It's the city's bookstores, coffee shops, boutiques, and other businesses that welcome the full-bladdered with open stalls and scrubbed toilets.

So let's give three flushes for American capitalism! If it weren't for all these great private bathrooms you can just walk in and use, we'd all be carrying around our own toilet paper rolls, hand soap, and wax-paper rim covers.

Hosted by Kennedy. Written by Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie, and shot and edited by Epstein.

Approximately 2 minutes.

Go to http://Reason.tv for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live.
@ReasonVidsfollow
Thumbnail for Sex and Punishment: Eric Berkowitz Talks 4,000 Years of Judging Desire9:10
Sex and Punishment: Eric Berkowitz Talks 4,000 Years of Judging Desire
ReasonVids
222 views
Thumbnail for Watch Elizabeth Warren Lie About Her Son's Private School Education7:26
Watch Elizabeth Warren Lie About Her Son's Private School Education
ReasonVids
249 views
Thumbnail for Law for Non-Lawyers – Standards of Review36:29
Law for Non-Lawyers – Standards of Review
IJvids
233 views
Thumbnail for Should Teachers Be Forced to Pay Union Fees? Friedrichs v. CTA Brings Protests Outside Supreme Court2:41
Should Teachers Be Forced to Pay Union Fees? Friedrichs v. CTA Brings Protests Outside Supreme Court
ReasonVids
262 views
Thumbnail for "Anti-Racist" Terrorism Caught on Video7:12
"Anti-Racist" Terrorism Caught on Video
AmericanRenaissance
729 views
Thumbnail for Barack Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and...1:52
Barack Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and...
ReasonVids
259 views
Thumbnail for Hollie gets clean3:21
Hollie gets clean
MerkinMuffly
3319 views
Thumbnail for Steve Forbes: Why the Left is Wrong about the Morality of Capitalism0:38
Steve Forbes: Why the Left is Wrong about the Morality of Capitalism
ReasonVids
220 views
Thumbnail for Cops Shutdown Jerry Seinfeld; What's Up with Lemonade Stands? (Nanny of the Month, Aug ‘15)1:25
Cops Shutdown Jerry Seinfeld; What's Up with Lemonade Stands? (Nanny of the Month, Aug ‘15)
ReasonVids
236 views
Thumbnail for Laura Kipnis on Lockdowns, #MeToo, and Sexual Paranoia on Campus1:15:35
Laura Kipnis on Lockdowns, #MeToo, and Sexual Paranoia on Campus
ReasonVids
208 views
Thumbnail for ‘You’re in an Authoritarian State. You Just Don’t Know It.’6:35
‘You’re in an Authoritarian State. You Just Don’t Know It.’
ReasonVids
217 views
Thumbnail for Remy: Surfin' USA (Beach Boys Lockdown Parody)1:51
Remy: Surfin' USA (Beach Boys Lockdown Parody)
ReasonVids
222 views
Thumbnail for Promoting Hatred in America8:54
Promoting Hatred in America
AmericanRenaissance
819 views
Thumbnail for Who Owns Your Life Story? Free Speech Rules (Episode 4)4:23
Who Owns Your Life Story? Free Speech Rules (Episode 4)
ReasonVids
263 views
Thumbnail for British MEP Daniel Hannan on the NHS, Enoch Powell, and His Libertarian Plan for Britain10:02
British MEP Daniel Hannan on the NHS, Enoch Powell, and His Libertarian Plan for Britain
ReasonVids
201 views
Thumbnail for "Father of Video Games" Nolan Bushnell on Learning through Gaming4:34
"Father of Video Games" Nolan Bushnell on Learning through Gaming
ReasonVids
280 views
Thumbnail for Privatize It: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 39:20
Privatize It: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 3
ReasonVids
225 views
Thumbnail for Ron Bailey on "The End of Doom"21:07
Ron Bailey on "The End of Doom"
ReasonVids
203 views
Thumbnail for The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency5:46
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
ReasonVids
212 views
Thumbnail for Charles Nichols Challenges California's Open Carry Ban6:15
Charles Nichols Challenges California's Open Carry Ban
ReasonVids
220 views
Thumbnail for Social Security, Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg, & Alan Simpson: Ultimate Remix1:08
Social Security, Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg, & Alan Simpson: Ultimate Remix
ReasonVids
265 views
Thumbnail for The Road to CanadaCare? Sally Pipes on The Truth About ObamaCare8:07
The Road to CanadaCare? Sally Pipes on The Truth About ObamaCare
ReasonVids
206 views
Thumbnail for Welcome to the United Kaliphate - Import the third world, become one.0:17
Welcome to the United Kaliphate - Import the third world, become one.
AOU
889 views

points

Permalink
Reply
bathrooms, toilets, tragedy of the commons, new york city, kennedy, reason tv, reason.com, reason magazine, reason foundation, libertarian, libertarianism, henri bendel, saturdays surf, bergdorf goodman
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle