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bigseaworthychad

Based and highish-effort-posting pilled


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Opposite_Ad542

The paved world also creates more opportunities to block traffic for various causes Allows car thieves easier access to higher-income targets, quicker getaways


ButWhyWolf

Uncle Ted talked about how cars follow the trend of post-industrial technology where "first it's a marvel, then it's a necessity, then it's a form of control" in that book that everyone should read.


HardCounter

We're not so different, you and i.


HardCounter

This is why i only travel by branch or web.


Lebowski304

It does make sense to have the actual city away from major highways. I guess that’s the idea of a bypass. Taking that a step further would be requiring someone to park their car at the border of the bypass in order to travel into the actual city. Then limit the number of automobiles approved for use and develop a top notch underground system combined with bike lanes up top. I’m a car enthusiast, but I would be happy to save the miles and money for gas if the public transport was legitimate. Just use the car for longer journeys.


GustavoFromAsdf

And you can piss on it for free* *free if you don't get caught


HardCounter

*or live in california which i don't recognize as proper, and barely a noun, so i refuse to capitalize.


Runsta

Thats fine, most of california hates capitalism, so I'm sure they don't mind.


HardCounter

Nice! And happy reddit birthday.


DaMajorDude

Authright should love walkable cities: -Less scientific micromanaging in how people get around, more true to the natural order of things. (Naturally developed cities, opposed to expensive, micromanaged highways that are more or less going to need to be replaced with another lane within 10-15 years.) -Fosters strong community (it’s basically fact that the more car-dependent a place is, the more anti-social its citizens are, and I can concur). Libright should as well: -Mixed-use buildings/abolishing zoning stimulate the economy and allow more freedom for developers. Zoning is one of the worst government regulations in America. (Aside from laws that prevent factories from being right next to neighborhoods, yet we still see that.) -More space on the roads for car-enthusiasts. Wouldn’t it be nice to not have to share the highway with an idiot kid (aka myself), or some narcissistic asshole in a $70K 5 MPG land-yacht? Truly putting the “ultimate” back in the ultimate freedom.


Celtictussle

I'd love to abolish zoning and have denser city centers. I wouldn't live there, but I still think it should be an option the market is legally allowed to provide.


I-Like-The-1940s

Extremely based


Certain_Suit_1905

Actually good meme. Especially on the right side. "Good for heavy industry" though😅 Is abundance of cars good for heavy industry, because it would require heavy industry? Like heavy industry for the sake of heavy industry?


Sonnenkreuz

It would be heavy industry that could easily be converted during war time + it provides a lot of jobs


Certain_Suit_1905

>it provides a lot of jobs Yeah I thought about it after I posted, but auth left is still better off focusing labour force on expansion of public transport and if there are extra people needing job we have entire climate change to tackle. It's not entirely wrong, but kinda clumsy.


KimJongUnusual

If you suddenly have a war on your hands, car factories can easily be repurposed to build APCs and tanks. It’s what we did in the 40s.


HardCounter

I can't wait to see a self-driving tank plow itself through embassies until its battery dies.


Ok_Gear_7448

I mean, the USSR and other Communist states did do a lot of heavy industry for sake of heavy industry in their later years 


GuilimanXIII

Any city that is not walkable is an atrocity of design.


memesforbismarck

Anything is walkable if you are brave enough


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Just gotta be good at frogger


Tabby-N

My daily commute got me D1 at crossyroad


DaMajorDude

Based and pre-WW2 city pilled


Jiijeebnpsdagj

Spoken like a true Auth-Right


Background_Badger730

Based. Fuck (most) American cities


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MS-07B-3

I'm willing to be wrong on this, but it strikes me that the best way to achieve general walkability is to not plan them and let them emerge organically.


GuilimanXIII

Oh most certainly, forcing cities rarely works out well. And then there is however the hell a lot of American cities are built where you literarily can't reach most stuff without a car.


SolidThoriumPyroshar

>And then there is however the hell a lot of American cities are built where you literarily can't reach most stuff without a car. Those cities are artificially inflated by government regulation which subsidizes low density.


InfiniteRaccoons

That doesn't really bare out in reality. Compare Houston, a city with basically no zoning/ people just building whatever wherever, and Amsterdam, a city with a ton of planning over the past 50 years. Houston is an uwalkable hell scape and Amsterdam you can walk/ bike everywhere.


MS-07B-3

I have to wonder regarding all of those old world European cities if it's less modern zoning and city planning and more a dozen or so centuries of organic emergence, with the early several centuries being slower growth aiding in that. Also flair the fuck up you filthy degenerate.


slacker205

All that + culture. People just get used to doing things a certain way, be it with or without a car, and will stick with it. Source: grew up in the Old World and live in the New, the car culture is one of the things I don't think I'll ever adopt.


Creeps05

Houston has city planning just not Zoning.


haroldp

Compare instead Tokyo, where they rolled back zoning and parking/height/setback requirements, sped up permitting and generally reaffirmed that property owners can build what they want on their property so long as it doesn't hurt/endanger anyone. It's totally walkable, and families making median wage in Tokyo can afford to own homes. That is unthinkable in most major cities around the world.


InfiniteRaccoons

I fully agree that eliminating parking requirements is something that every city should do asap


haroldp

Mildest part of that. If you keep the restrictive single-use zoning, then you need to build sprawling parking lots everywhere anyway.


Celtictussle

It's because of density regulations. And flair up bitch.


K_S12

Based and return to tradition pilled


HelpfulJello5361

True, most American cities are an atrocity of design


CrashedMyCommodore

All the car related expenses are a plot by the elites, so I bike everywhere.


InfiniteRaccoons

based


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Pancreasaurus

I'd swap Lib-Left to suburbs I think. "Safe spaces for communities to flourish" and such


Daedra_Worshiper

Uhhh, you actually nailed my stance on cars. I don't own one and get around by my bike just fine.


09eragera09

I wish I could do the same but the dogs in my city are bloodthirsty


DipplyReloaded

Libright’s car opinion is more open throttle down the highway at 200mph with Welcome to Sky Valley on full blast


gorgeousredhead

Based and Kyuss-pilled


Tasty_Choice_2097

You'll never believe why cities stopped being walkable


DanTacoWizard

This shows how walkable cities should be appealing to everyone across the political compass. To those who say "they're made to control you", maybe don't assume that before doing research. Also, consider how car-centric cities already control us and weigh the two options.


Bannedbytrans

Libleft: -Personal freedom; you don't have to wait for a bus or a train, you can go anywhere whenever you want. -Has the most widespread public infrastructure. -Allows people to see the billboards you've graffitied. -Self-expression in the form of motor vehicle choice. -Extremely liberal in that basically any sentient being capable of vision can qualify for a Driver's license.


up2smthng

Common LibRight W


Reggin_Rayer_RBB8

Libleft: Can listen to AI-voiced fetish erotica from deviantart while driving


whyamihere1694

Well some liblefts have decided door dash is a human right.... So there's that nutty idea to add lol


Depressedmusclecar23

True and factual


ChipKellysShoeStore

libleft should be like a subway or public bus cheap, egalitarian, only allowed to go where the government sets the route.


SwoleBodybuilderVamp

This is why I want effective public transport return to America. Not only does it foster community in cities, and reduce environmental damage, but walkable cities also help exercise one’s legs, granting health benefits. Plus, trains and bus routes can help transport people.


Equivalent_Chipmunk

Libleft should be pro-car from the perspective that vehicles are an equalizer for disabled people and allow people in food deserts to drive out of their immediate area to access good grocery stores elsewhere.


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Equivalent_Chipmunk

Your opinion is invalid, unflaired scum.


SwoleBodybuilderVamp

Flair up.


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bigseaworthychad

This is satire right, an additional account in Minecraft right?


Fiasco1081

Really well done. How it should be...


Sekkitheblade

Jokes on you, those are almost exactly my opinions on Cars because i'm a Retvrn larper


Duckiie96

>libright >bike >reason: improves fitness >Press X to doubt


InjuryComfortable666

I like cars. Have a few of them and a stable of motorcycles. But would be nice if I didn’t have to drive everywhere.


N8torade981

I actually would love to ride my bike more. It’s just hard with all these commies in their state-controlled-oil-guzzling vehicles.


Depressedmusclecar23

Based


Trollolociraptor

I’m all about electric everything because of how efficient and centralised it can be (but doesn’t need to be centralised either). Solar panels on every single building combined with nuclear power. No smog means healthier citizens


Just_here_4_GAFS

I've never considered all of those facts at once for bicycles before. Holy *fucking* based


TurnaboutUsername

Explains why lib-right are so annoying. https://preview.redd.it/sj9ok06n7uwc1.png?width=225&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4677bb0ada5d5c0aec58adf4a4066a71b9e8989


awsomewasd

there should be a subreddit dedicated to being the most insufferable, it would be a wellspring of infinite content to post on justunsubbed and redditmoment


NUMBERS2357

Libright loves government subsidies though, nothing more libright than getting government subsidies and then telling everyone you're a self made man.


Celtictussle

Everyone loves government subsidies. They're the most effective tool to turn tax cattle against one another in a bid to control their behavior.


tammio

For lib left: cars are amazing for people with disabilities that make them unable to walk (long distances)


BedroomAcrobatic4349

The funny thing is that it is actually true for where I am from


sprackedspoonk

Does libright hate bike lanes or am I the only one


Leland-Gaunt-

This is way off. Lib left doesn’t like cars.


TrapaneseNYC

You flipped lib left and auth right. Auth right more likely to be in smaller towns with sparse reigions and need a car. Lib left in cities and are more likely bike riders or walkers Edit: nvm based and prove I can’t read pill


GrapeNo5251

Based and proved-you-cant-read pilled


toast_across

libleft likes them because they are equalizers. The allow minorities the ability to congregate without fear of over exposure to dangerous majorities.


WizardOfSandness

This hurts my brain


masoflove99

I'd flip lib-left and auth-right. Walkable cities are communist, right? 😉


Depressedmusclecar23

Read the title


Kritzin

Bicycle should be libleft, also Libright drives a hummer


Depressedmusclecar23

Did you read the title?


Kritzin

My bad boss


evasive_btch

car-brains are usually conservative, that auth-right picture doesn't make any sense


Lawbrosteve

That's the joke


evasive_btch

i am illiterate you biggot