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It is classist. If it was liberal, then it would be based on % of someone's wealth (and using progressive scale). These policies are aimed at getting unwashed
by varispeed 1y ago
It is classist. If it was liberal, then it would be based on % of someone's wealth (and using progressive scale).
These policies are aimed at getting unwashed pleb off the roads so the rich can show off their cars in peace.
- queenkjuul 1y agoAll the poor people on the buses were never gonna drive and now have faster more reliable service
- cute_boi 1y agohow are they going to have more reliable service?
- TulliusCicero 1y agoThey mean that buses are now faster/more reliable.
- vkou 1y agoBuses spend less time stuck in traffic.
- rsynnott 1y agoBuses work better when there's less traffic.
- varispeed 1y agoBuses should serve both rich and poor. Otherwise this is a very definition of classism. The bus is the "back of the bus" now.
- TheGRS 1y agoAdditionally all those emergency vehicles are going to have an easier time shuttling patients to hospitals and firefighters to fires. The whole spectrum benefits from that, not just the rich.
- naravara 1y agoIt’s classist to not want pedestrians in cities to die and get asthma from traffic? Got it.
- miguelxt 1y agoI think you and the parent comment are confusing the term "liberal". He refers to "liberal" in the classical sense: free markets, limited government, rule of law, etc. You mean "liberal" in the North American sense: lefty, social justice, etc.
- varispeed 1y agoFree markets presume equal opportunity to access infrastructure, not the rich buying exclusive use of public goods.
- Marsymars 1y agoLiberal and leftist are two entirely different things.