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[–] coolin@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ban cars is a lot like saying defund the police

It makes a whole lot of sense when you stop and examine the reasoning, but it masks the wide reaching social and infrastructure reforms needed to accomplish it with a short meme that people misinterpret.

Exactly my point - it’s catchy and edgy sure but it’s probably not going to be sufficient and I’m gonna argue it’ll only give fuel to the opposition