I did not realize how common this thought is. I was reading an AITA about a lady who requested to move because an obese person was spilling into her seat. Now obviously, this lady is not the asshole, people deserve to be seated comfortably. However, every comment's solution was the same “If you spill over into the next seat, you should just pay for 2 seats”.
Airline companies have been decreasing their seat space for the past 2 decades and increasing the price to fly. But we're framing this issue as an individual problem? Overwhelmingly the answers were “Airline companies are private corporations and can do whatever they want to turn a profit”. Okay but they're providing a substandard product.
Also I'd like to point out that the obesity epidemic is directly linked to poorer working conditions and lack of access to healthy options for poorer neighborhoods. Obesity IS a societal issue not na individualistic issue, however Capitalism really has a way of framing corporate greed as an individualistic problem. “Well it doesn't affect me, so companies SHOULD just charge more for people it affects”. Capitalism really popped off today…