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Dont need to read the article: its compensation. Its always compensation
Don’t be so narrow minded! It could also be racism and a nice dash of ‘i hate the poor people’. The feeling of power when hurting others and getting to watch other struggle while the conservative drives past them in a personal carriage might be compensation enough.
Both of those interestingly almost always boil down to over compensation as well
Car companies have spent a lot of money on shaping how the very foundation of the modern world is built. Europe changed for them, and many places changed back when they realized how stupid the idea was. Car companies can only operate at such a scale when they force their way into people’s lives, when they use propaganda and money and subvert democracy and reject the human element. Cars are inherently isolating and, for most people, driving is a competition sport where everyone loses because it’s a massive, planet destroying example of crabs in a bucket where the only winners are the bucket manufacturers. Car-dependency is inherently individualistic, capitalistic, anti-democratic, and self-sabotaging so of course the right-wingers love them.
I’m a track-going BRZ owner who does all repairs themselves and I fucking HATE cars as a mode of transportation. They’re fun as toys, but I leave that shit in my parking spot unless I need it, and aside from the track I could live my entire life just as easily and more cheaply with car share, taxis, U-Haul, and a really nice racing sim setup. If anyone tells you that owning a car means you have to jerk off car infrastructure and manufacturers, you tell them I have a massive “fuck you and the piece of shit you rode in on” for them to shove right up their fucking ass and choke on.
Yeah, this, you hit the nail right on the head
When I talked about it with a repairman in our family they support cycling but they need cars for their job. You can’t move a fridge easily with a bike.
at thats why you encourage them to fight for active transport improvements. it gets more cars off the road, so there is less trafic they have to deal with, which means quicker travel for them
same with petrolheads! fewer cars mean fewer accidents, fewer queues, and fewer road hogs. the only people who actually benefit from there being more cars are car manufacturers and whoever they pay off.
Yea I think most people here would say they can get away with a van. We are more concerned with pickup trucks for office workers and occasional haulers.
You can’t move a fridge easily with a bike.
The Dutch use cargo bikes for small fridges (I’ve seen it done), and they’re legislating to require that any city-center delivery vehicles for larger items must be electric.
How many right wingers live in or near the city center? Most usually want some domain; a house at the smallest but usually they want larger amounts of land.
Transit focused projects don’t directly benefit their commute, so they hate them.
And then, when they observe that there’s a lot of congestion (on account of all the people who insist on driving into the city from the suburbs), they complain that there are too many people. The circularity is beautiful.
Probably related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro-masculinity
Many sad sacks with little else going for them will latch onto stuff like this so they can feel good. It’s easier than actually being good.
cuz they are motorized battering rams
It keeps you protected from smelly strangers
