watchaout guys our free market is being thretened by communists on bikes and trains
cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/1730056
Sorry free market, we have been besties for a bit, but lately I have seen a lot of bs takes being made in your name, don't hate me homie
::: spoiler hex emoji
Interesting video this meme is inspired from.
Ah, a classic!
Free markets don't exist.
why get political?
History is political. Current grant funding by the feds tilts the scales on cities - why pay 100% of the price of a light rail system when the feds will pay 75-100% of a new road.
To elected officials it looks great - pretend you're doing something and not pay for it. Avg tax payers don't understand that more roads (and esp parking lots) actually make it so more places are only accessible by roads so it raises congestion and commutes and commute times. But hey you built a road and now you're campaigning for state office what do you care?
Rail projects and other good infrastructure projects get cancelled and resurface all the time in my country. Guess who cancels them?
Spoiler: Not engineers or city planners. Go on, take a guess.