Seriously, some of these people act like owning a car is akin to murder
yeah, but like, fuck cars
I’m very conflicted about that community because on the one hand they’re exactly correct that car-centric infrastructure is a fucking atrocity but on the other hand they elide that directly into demonizing car owners with seemingly no understanding that car-centric infrastructure makes car ownership mandatory in many places.
Who else to call out the atrocities of car culture than the underdogs who are most affected by it?
I have been both riding bicycles and driving huge trucks, not at the same time. And when driving was far less likely to be critical; I would think “this is bad”, and left it there. Five minutes later forgotten.
But when I rode bicycles these very things impacted me much more; I would stew in anger. Then , in that mindset I could more easily reflect on the absolute travesty: not just where I was but roads and metal things slicing up the landscape over continents.
That’s pretty much my complaint about it. I’m 100% for making stuff pedestrian friendly and improving public transportation, but acting like everyone with a car is a piece of shit is kind of stupid, in some areas you need a car to get around. Where I live, public transportation us practically non existent, it’s extremely hilly, and it would probably take hours for me to ride a bike to work everyday. I really made this meme more or less just to poke fun at certain members of the group.
Idk honestly where I live in the EU there is almost always a way to get around without a car it’s just often not as convenient/ requires more planning, so most people just make up some kind of excuse for themselves as to why they need it. Also what about organising car sharing?
Car pooling could possibly be an option. I don’t live in the EU, I live in the US (Alabama) so yeah, public transport is kinda shit lol
lemmy equivalent of rolling coal. have yourself checked for dark triad personality traits.
of course this comes from .world. lol
