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[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (3 children)

this thing with red states punishing the moderately blue cities inside for vaguely decent policies blows my mind when the republicans doing that are almost always in that city. making my own commute that much worse to own the libs

ofc the libs all "take the high road" and don't fuck them back, because they're cowards. literally just get revoke their parking permits or something and get your bus lanes back

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The goal of the Republican party is to destroy everything at all costs. The goal of the Democratic party is to prevent anyone from stopping or slowing that destruction at all costs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I think there is genuine tension between local Democrats and state Republicans - local Democrats are, on average, way less captured than national ones, and often actually push for things that help (like a BRT system).

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

blows my mind when the republicans doing that are almost always in that city

They're in the suburbs, often with remote work options. They see mass transit as "making life too easy for the poors". They do not want buses because they see bussing as "liberal" and they do not want liberals to win.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i'm sure they don't generally live there but having to go through a city i'm actively making worse & pissed at me seems inadvisable for the times i gotta go into the office or press the vote button lol.

but yknow maybe i don't understand that stepping on vulnerable people and then gawking at them is the only thing that gets these ghouls hard anymore

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely a part of it. But I grew up in a suburb. They've got office parks and malls out there. It's possible to just exist on the country club and never actually go downtown.

And there's a genuine hatred I can't adequately express towards people in the downtown area.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

That thing you cant express is called racism.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

no they legitimately think a dedicated bus lane takes away a car lane they could use which makes traffic worse, they have no ability to conceptualize second-order effects. they also think cyclists make traffic worse (and "cause more emissions than cars" - an actual thing I've heard vocalized by a boomer) because cars have to wait behind them if they're going down a street without a bike lane

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

can't even take the high road anymore, republicans just banned them in city limits

[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago

Love when a state legislature based mostly in rural areas can affect the urban design decisions of a city. I FUCKING LOVE DEMOCRACY!spongebob-i-fucking-love

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ok those are "EMS lanes" and busses are allowed to use them

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

that is a perfect response that would force Republicans into a corner they'd have a difficult time legislating out of

which is exactly why Democrats would never go for it. Better to fail nobly than to sully oneself striving for something so vulgar as political success.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's okay Elon will build one of his tunnels instead! so-true

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Imagine someone getting road rage in the tunnel

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Strange how state governments can do this to city governments but the federal government can't do it to states curious-sickle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The federal government is 50 states in a trenchcoat

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I live in one of these state government preemption states. Our blue city government has to tip toe around making new policies for housing or transit that won't piss off the state GOP, which means they basically do nothing.

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