[meme] Being forced to drive isn't freedom — it's a government-mandated lifetime subscription to oil
[meme] Being forced to drive isn't freedom — it's a government-mandated lifetime subscription to oil
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The "what if you wanted to go to heaven, but god said ____" meme template, but here it says, "What if you wanted to walk to get groceries, but city planners said DRIVE". The last panel is an image of a massive freeway full of cars.
This what I never understood.
Where I lived, in high school (age 15-16) everyone was expected to get a license and car ASAP. I was like, why? To get to your job. For what? To earn money to pay for the car, gas, insurance, etc.
So you want me to work a job I don't need to pay for the gas for a car I don't want, so I can be miserable in school?!
And if you looked at the driving records of my peers who had cars... Not pretty. A lot of totalled sports cars.
ohhhh, now I finally understand why people complain in Germany each time the gov plans to build a highway
It also gives a convenient excuse for needing ID on you at all times.
I walk
HACKENPORSCHE!
The only people who force me to walk are physical therapist. I'm looking at you, Maryann!
I mean it looks like you're already in the city so it looks like you don't have to walk far to get groceries
See, there's alot of major inconveniences with rejecting getting a car or other road legal motor vehicle. Not everyone lives in the city, therefore trying to walk or bike to places while living in a rural or even sub-urban area is not necessary ideal (if even practically possible). Having a car or bike or whatever to get you on the road efficiently lets anyone go wherever they need to go with practically and ease. Now yes I know public transport exist, but one: you are one their schedule and two: not many areas other than mainstream and urban and areas have full access to public transport.
Counterpoint: having a working car makes a human being have vastly more freedom to travel than not having a car.
Having a car means you can drive to anywhere that roads on your continent lead to, and even to places that don't have roads if your car is off-road capable. Without a car, you have to hire transport to get to anywhere you can't get to by your human body power.
I would never live without a car unless it was physically impossible. Law banning cars would not stop me, I would build my own fucking car if I had to.
I mean... I live in a 3 mile town. It's cold as fuck, I live North of a town called North fucking Pole.
I ain't walking for shit, sorry but my car is on half an hour before I even use the damn thing.
You want to fix infrastructure of America, cool. Maybe you'd get my vote. But these memes feel like bs marketing that simply does not apply to our current situation.
Uh. I'd walk, because places this packed with cars typically have a convenience store on every corner block.
This is such a stupid argument, lol
They don't put roads like this to places with no infrastructure. They put it in places with lots of infrastructure, and they have to -- because businesses and people in the area need talent from a wide swath of land to fill out roles in companies, etc.