• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    They don’t understand the issue. Americans have been brainwashed for 80 years by the oil companies that car ownership is the epitome of freedom. Any policy that seeks to remove cars from the road is a policy that seeks to remove personal freedoms from their idiotic perspective.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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      8 months ago

      Very astute observation! It makes a lot of sense to explain the rage at government policy changes, but I’m not sure that it entirely explains the rage at individuals just trying to exist on a bike on a street, even when we’re not in anybody’s way. There’s definitely a feeling that drivers want everybody else to drive, and not driving is a personal affront.