3 ms·
Yes indeed. The fact that conservatives broadly have taken the position supporting of cars and car-oriented development is one of the most absurd things imagin
by occz 4y ago
Yes indeed.
The fact that conservatives broadly have taken the position supporting of cars and car-oriented development is one of the most absurd things imaginable. Socialized inefficient infrastructure that was not even a thing a hundred years ago being considered a conservative policy, a real hoot.
- ghoward 4y agoI'm not sure how much of this is true. I'm a conservative, and I would love to have more walkable/bikeable cities and to not need a car.
- occz 4y ago>I'm not sure how much of this is true. I'll admit to this not being an opinion I hold based on any kind of scientific observation, this does seem to be an opinion I have anecdotally observed among rural- and suburban-populations, which tend to lean more towards the conservative political spectrum than their urban counterparts. >I'm a conservative, and I would love to have more walkable/bikeable cities and to not need a car. Kudos.
- throwaway894345 4y agoI’m not a conservative, but the independence that cars provide holds a certain appeal and aligns fine with conservative values. Anyway, conservatives happily embrace new technology all the time (almost all conservatives have a smartphone and an Internet connection, and those developments are much more recent than cars); adopting cars isn’t a contradiction at all—clinging to trains and bikes would be the contradiction.