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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Guess some people see everything in a cost-profit margin only.

Especially when it's convenient. I'm sure they would happily look the other way if you showed them the economic burdens of having a car-centric society.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nah, big auto has bigger pockets than the bike lobby. Plus, murica

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Auto industry manipulation of government is a big part of the reason the US has such awful, car-centered infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And thinking that way about everything is obviously the wrong way to go about life and will end up failing.