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455 sats \ 0 replies \ @kevin 26 Jul 2022
To me it makes sense to disincentives car ownership in cities. Cities that aren't built around cars are soooo soooo much nicer to live in.
I don't think you should be punished for living far away from a city though, and in those cases you do oftentimes need a car.
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307 sats \ 20 replies \ @k00b 26 Jul 2022
As a fan of walking and bike riding, I personally would prefer a reduction in cars. While I think everyone should have the right to own or use them, they do seem overused and our cities are too far biased to accommodating them in my opinion.
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255 sats \ 4 replies \ @kevin 26 Jul 2022
This so much. Cars are a nuisance and should be banned in city centres IMO. I'd much rather have good public transportation and lots of greenery.
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171 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
The thing is: when most people do travel with bikes or walk or use spaceous public transport the problem is already solved. The few people that still choose to use the car aren't a problem anymore because there are just so few of them.
The problem with car-centric infrastructure isn't individuals owning cars - it's just the raw mass/scale of it.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @kevin 26 Jul 2022
I think I mostly agree. You can start with banning cars in the very center of a city and at the same time build out a proper subway system. As time goes by you keep increasing this city center as well as keep building out the subway system.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
I walk to university or ride a half empty train to the office every day. After work or on the evenings we hang out in public parks / public lake / or sit outside in cafés in the pedestrian zone most days.
I can tell you for sure that it doesn't bother at all when the pizzaria owner next door drives his Opel Zafira through the pedestrian zone to offload groceries at his restaurant. It doesn't bother because it's the only car of the evening. If it was a 24/7 traffic jam 4 lane road next to the table it would matter.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
переезжай в деревню...
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174 sats \ 6 replies \ @Majjin 26 Jul 2022
Having a lot of stuff within walking or biking distance would be pretty awesome. Unfortunately its hard to find cities like that which are also freedom loving. Intentional, private, and voluntary communities seem to be the best way to get the best of both worlds.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @kevin 26 Jul 2022
What do you mean by "freedom loving"? Switzerland seems pretty big on freedom and they have a great public transit network.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
каждый раз нужно платить.... в авто можно 33 дня не платить... налил 45 литров бензина и поехал.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Majjin 26 Jul 2022
I mean the American notion of freedom loving. 1st and 2nd amendment, low taxes, etc.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @kevin 26 Jul 2022
So... Switzerland? 😂
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Majjin 26 Jul 2022
Did some really quick research, and you're right! Its pretty comparable to the US in terms of freedom. And for bonus points, it's not a part of the EU!
Are we sure that Switzerland is in Europe?
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130 sats \ 0 replies \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
Switzerland is a safe haven that isn't destroyed by the socialist delusions of the EU. I would still much rather build a life in the US though. The geographical separation from the EU is a big feature.
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150 sats \ 6 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
As someone living in a city with good infrastructure I can agree.
The biggest lever are short travel distances when housing, supermarkets, schools, parks and everything are in walking distance there just is less traffic full stop. With less traffic we just have enough space for dedicated bike lanes and even inter-city bike highways. A 3d use of space with subways multiplies this effect.
When these things just work many people don't want to own cars anymore (expensive and draining due to constant upkeep and repair). And those who do want to own cars just can because we have the space left to afford it.
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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @lrz 26 Jul 2022
*"When these things just work": exactly. Wait until your subway pass stops working because you said the wrong thing on Twitter.
I agree with you (I don't own a car anymore) but it's important to zoom out and see the big picture.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
???
Maybe drink less of that FoxNews paranoia Kool Aid.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @lrz 26 Jul 2022
Part of the public transportation in my country is basically run by the chinese, surveillance cameras everywhere. You are probably not aware of what happens in China, and we are not far from that.
FoxNews? Maybe you shouldn't assume everbody lives in the US.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
THIS EXACTLY. Having your own car that's not electric and not controlled by software updates will be the epitome of freedom in the future. I'd bet anything that Teslas can get locked remotely, and electric car charging infrastructure can be shut down in a heartbeat.
There's authoritarianism all over the world. Britain has fully embraced creating a CBDC and a surveillance state. It's not all about the US, where some semblance of freedom still exists.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
отвези мои 3 арбуза на 25 км от рынка.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
No urban person in my city lives more than 10 walking minutes from a supermarket or 10 bike minutes from a organic farmers market. And only cars from rural people driving in means there are almost no cars.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
сходи на мою работу за 45 км в России. территория позволяет иметь такие дороги и необходимость автомобиля. возможно у тебя работа в 10 метрах?
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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
Ah yes, let's starve the millions living in food deserts, and end all prosperity in the world as we know it. That will solve the dual overpopulation and climate change problem 🤡🤡
They want us to live in the dark ages, while they fly around in their private jets
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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 26 Jul 2022
The solution is good infrastructure. That's it.
A 3d use of space can provide short traveling distances to supermarkets, gyms, schools, kindergartens, universities, offices, etc., cheap and spaceous public transport, subways (!!!), walking distances, bike lanes while not compromising on roads for cars.
If you look up the cities with the highest quality of life in the world they all have good infrastructure in common. I live in one of these cities in Europe and I have seen how hostile car-centric instead of human-centric some (not all) american suburbs are.
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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @nerd2ninja 26 Jul 2022
Yes this is what the IMF meant when they said "You will own nothing and be happy". They (the IMF and WEF) would like to see a shift from private car ownership, to more widespread use of car sharing platforms like Uber. So in other words, end private car ownership and take an Uber instead.
Like most central plans, this notion ignores the realities of people living in forests ahem I mean rural areas. You have to drive 30 minutes just to buy groceries.
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24 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 26 Jul 2022
Being happy? Yes please I want to be happy. And not owning stuff is awesome - using Uber is so convenient over having a car: it's always everywhere, it doesn't loose 50% of its value in the first year, it doesn't need repair all the time, gas price. Not owning furniture and moving into a finished apartment is awesome. Renting electric scooters is awesome. Etc. Possessions are dragging you down and one day you don't own stuff but the stuff owns you. Yes please I want to own nothing and be happy.
But it feels like a slap in the face when someone from the lower class who doesn't own a lot hears it. Or someone from the middle class struggling to keep his buying power in inflation hears this from some suit wearing rich person.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @pitiunited 26 Jul 2022
I'm so grateful we have Bitcoin 🙏 For the first time in history we can peacefully overthrow the so called elites.
The more news like that I hear, the more bullish on Bitcoin I am.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
I can't agree more. The peaceful revolution is here. We can simply opt out by way of knowledge and choice :)
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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @TheBTCManual 26 Jul 2022
Well with the petrol price running the way it has, it sure is making it harder to own a private car, the peon-ification of the public has been on for a while, it's just a slow creep to serfdom
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
Just buy an electric car! Don't ask where the batteries come from, though. 🤔
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 26 Jul 2022
Lol I'm in South Africa, we get 6 - 8 hour blackouts on the regular
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sb OP 26 Jul 2022
These people don't understand that billions of people live without reliable power. 🤣🤡
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lrz 26 Jul 2022
Public transportation is a shitcoin
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
мне все равно.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 26 Jul 2022
тогда они должны взять на себя все расходы. на авто. страховка масло резина ремонт заправка. и цена поездки должна быть на 50% дешевле чем сейчас.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthzar 26 Jul 2022 freebie
The WEF are a bunch of overpaid marketers. While you read their flashy verbal-diarrhea, nation-states are robbing and killing people on a mass scale all over the world (e.g. Yemen). Whatever over-hyped clown-speak the WEF wack-heads manage to drool onto their overpriced suits is a distraction from the crimes-against-humanity and the war-crimes that nation-states are committing right now.