I don’t understand this community. You despise cars and anyone who drives them? Sorry I don’t live in the middle of the city with good public transport options, so what the fuck do you expect me to do? Bike 30 miles to work?
Hi and welcome! Our take is a little bit more nuanced than that, if I may be bold enough to speak on behalf of the community. We understand that most people don’t have a choice but to own and drive a car for most of your everyday needs: here we call that car dependence. The sane among us recognize that most people didn’t necessarily choose this way of living, and most acknowledge that those who enjoy it have that right.
We do recognize that car dependence has a lot of negative impacts on society: from climate to economy to health to geopolitics and more (there’s whole books on the subject). And we’re a growing group of people who strive to build a better world than the one we inherited. What that means is taking action to reduce car dependence and instead promote alternatives like public transit, walkable towns, and cities built for people (not for cars). It’s a multifacted issue, far beyond the (incendiary) name implies. This discussion is about trains and how safe they are compared to cars, which kill over 50 thousand people a year in the United States, and injure millions more. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Wouldn’t it be great to not have to drive 30 miles each day? That’s the kind of future we’re trying to build for the growing number of people who desire that. Accomplishing that is difficult and takes time and political action that many in this community are trying to build.
Or bike to the next public transport. If there is none, you should get loud, as you are not being given the freedom to choose your mode of transport. You are being forced to use a car, which requires you to be of age and somewhat ablebodied. If you lose your eyesight, you will be stranded, as the only way to get around is by car. If you are too old to drive, what will you do? How do children get around on their own where you live? How many hours are you working per week, just so you can afford a car to get to work?
It’s another vector for societal division. They even have little made up slurs and everything! It’s just another psyop to make us hate each other more. The folks here are either sipping their boxed wine while giggling at the funny car memes and coded banter, thinking they are so clever with their stale attempt at dated, hyper-agressive circlejerk humor, OR they are actually, functionally disabled and cannot be trusted to tell fiction from reality. Either way, best to block and move on. There is nothing of value here. Unless you like ant farms.
I don’t understand this community. You despise cars and anyone who drives them? Sorry I don’t live in the middle of the city with good public transport options, so what the fuck do you expect me to do? Bike 30 miles to work?
Hi and welcome! Our take is a little bit more nuanced than that, if I may be bold enough to speak on behalf of the community. We understand that most people don’t have a choice but to own and drive a car for most of your everyday needs: here we call that car dependence. The sane among us recognize that most people didn’t necessarily choose this way of living, and most acknowledge that those who enjoy it have that right.
We do recognize that car dependence has a lot of negative impacts on society: from climate to economy to health to geopolitics and more (there’s whole books on the subject). And we’re a growing group of people who strive to build a better world than the one we inherited. What that means is taking action to reduce car dependence and instead promote alternatives like public transit, walkable towns, and cities built for people (not for cars). It’s a multifacted issue, far beyond the (incendiary) name implies. This discussion is about trains and how safe they are compared to cars, which kill over 50 thousand people a year in the United States, and injure millions more. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Wouldn’t it be great to not have to drive 30 miles each day? That’s the kind of future we’re trying to build for the growing number of people who desire that. Accomplishing that is difficult and takes time and political action that many in this community are trying to build.
Or bike to the next public transport. If there is none, you should get loud, as you are not being given the freedom to choose your mode of transport. You are being forced to use a car, which requires you to be of age and somewhat ablebodied. If you lose your eyesight, you will be stranded, as the only way to get around is by car. If you are too old to drive, what will you do? How do children get around on their own where you live? How many hours are you working per week, just so you can afford a car to get to work?
Not build your life around a mode of transport that has massive negative externalities?
It’s another vector for societal division. They even have little made up slurs and everything! It’s just another psyop to make us hate each other more. The folks here are either sipping their boxed wine while giggling at the funny car memes and coded banter, thinking they are so clever with their stale attempt at dated, hyper-agressive circlejerk humor, OR they are actually, functionally disabled and cannot be trusted to tell fiction from reality. Either way, best to block and move on. There is nothing of value here. Unless you like ant farms.