vegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoTexas asks people to avoid using their carswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down10cross-posted to: dfw@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldfuckcars@lemmy.worldtexas@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 months agofor a country that supposedly values freedom its amusing to note how few things are considered freedoms: driving = freedom* walking = not freedom clean air = not freedom quality public transit = not freedom *with purchase of expensive vehicle
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months ago driving = freedom *with purchase of expensive vehicle And legally-required insurance, and being licensed by the State to operate it…
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoIt’s entirely consistent with freedom. Freedom to build with little thought to long term effects. Freedom from paying for infrastructure that benefits everyone. To do things correctly you need to restrict and regulate.
for a country that supposedly values freedom its amusing to note how few things are considered freedoms:
driving = freedom*
walking = not freedom
clean air = not freedom
quality public transit = not freedom
*with purchase of expensive vehicle
And legally-required insurance, and being licensed by the State to operate it…
It’s entirely consistent with freedom. Freedom to build with little thought to long term effects. Freedom from paying for infrastructure that benefits everyone.
To do things correctly you need to restrict and regulate.