vividspecter@lemm.ee to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around | Zoe Williamswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down118
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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause car is freeeeddddooommmm.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoAnd as we know all too well from history, enabling other freedoms (women’s suffrage, marriage equality, or now getting around by bike) disrupts those already established freedoms!
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoFor many drivers, a car is debt in addition to a large recurring expense. Debt == freedom?
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoYea thats pretty much the lie we are sold and forced to participate in for most of car centric North America.
Because car is freeeeddddooommmm.
And as we know all too well from history, enabling other freedoms (women’s suffrage, marriage equality, or now getting around by bike) disrupts those already established freedoms!
For many drivers, a car is debt in addition to a large recurring expense.
Debt == freedom?
Yea thats pretty much the lie we are sold and forced to participate in for most of car centric North America.