You're arguing one extreme, while the other side is arguing the other.
Theres nothing valid about Zed's point, in fact it was the same point made for ObamaCare, that all the sudden there would be an explosion of entrepreneurship.
This isn't why they are removing the fare. Its to stop people from assaulting the metro driver, thats it that the reason. Mamdani doesn't even believe what Zed is pushing.
Zeds and Mamdani's thinking is always first order, even your example was first order thinking, "give the electricity and all their problems will go away".
The second order thinking says, that the transit services customer will no longer be the passenger. Its not that hell will descend upon the transit service, its that the transit service will get functionally worse and worse, because how can passengers who aren't paying customers complain, its FREE.
Turds fully supports Trump sending $40 billion taxpayer dollars to Argentina to support election interference.