Benjamin Lay (1682-1759) was a dwarf with a curved spine and a habit of interrupting Quaker services brandishing a sword, dousing himself in fake blood and declaring that disaster would soon fall on the slave-holders, who held captive people who were in every way their equals.

Fuck this will-they-wont-they government dependence. Come out of the next 4 years with sustainable community solutions.

We keep us safe.

These guys claim they want a marketplace of ideas. In a real marketplace if people realize you’re selling shit they stop coming to your store and you go out of business. What they really want is to have their ideas subsidized and, like corn, mixed into everything.

He is unfortunately very supportive of the US-funded massacre in Gaza.

People were much smaller back then

‘No fare’ doubles usage, reduces emissions. “… around 100 cities have said that investing in public transport could create 4.6 million jobs by 2030 and cut transport emissions. … potential for every $1 invested in public transport to generate $5 in economic returns.” www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/...

Police presence in this situation took a very boring, every-day situation (that shouldn't exist because public transit should be free) and turned it into a deadly encounter. That's the story. Police presence in the subway led directly to four people being shot. Not fare-dodging, police presence.