i keep saying it's "end stage car culture" not end stage capitalism and continue to hope that capitalism defeats the car industry. sooner the better

i mean, condos have both owners, and residents

It's so bad that there is a possible future -- also in our lifetimes -- where a President wins election with 25% of the vote and controls 65 votes in the Senate.

Whatever negative thoughts you had about the Senate, you don't hate it anywhere near enough.

i wonder if people even understand that the Senate actually gets *worse* -- more Confederate -- with time as the nation urbanizes and red states wither and die?

"oh no the Senate killed us all again, why did it do that, we're all so shocked and disappointed"

the scorpion:

You can't have a country as rich as ours and expect people to be happy when we drive around killing/maiming each other all day, every day -- and spend $5 trillion a year for the privilege.

There's no future for a nation that makes cars its highest value. We are learning the hard way.

"Confederate traitors who occupy a legislative chamber designed by Confederate traitors to destroy the United States continue to act in the interest of the Confederacy, which is really all they've ever done anyway"

i believe that they have told you that but am seriously dubious that it is true.

It seems we broadly agree on the problem and have the same shared values about its urgency, but just have different experiences of how it works in practice. www.nber.org/system/files...

At the extreme end, there are dozens of on-air personalities in major TV markets across the U.S. who openly express their lack of concern for pedestrians, and their open dislike of people on bikes.

It is systemic.

I'm willing to accept there's no financial incentive. But "windshield bias" in news is an entire category of media criticism for a reason: Many editors and reporters are biased toward drivers, because they identify more with violent drivers than their victims. tsr.international/TSR/article/...