"How to end the American obsession with driving"
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The one thing we're not allowed to talk about is the "crazy homeless guy" problem most public transit systems in major US cities have. Everyone I know who rides transit as part of their normal commute has at least one such story. And the transit authorities and city administrators are unable or unwilling to address that particular issue.
Beyond that mask and vaccination requirements on all forms of public transit pretty much ensure that unless I can drive somewhere I will not go there. And since at this point it's obvious that my enemies see all forms of public infrastructure as tools of social control to be used against their enemies (ie. me) I have no desire to give them even more control over my life.
And because I have zero interest in actively interacting with Dindu Nuffins. Public infrastructure actually means "the social detritus we make you subsidize gets to interact with you on a personal level; hope you don't mind the smell of Swisher Sweets and BO!"
I don't ride the bus but not far from my house is a bus stop and every month or twice a month the same crazy guy is waiting for a bus there. He talks to himself, yells profanity at the top of his lungs, kicks the bus stop, and throws stuff into the street. He's literally insane. Then he gets on the bus.
I'm thinking why don't they lock these crazy people up?
Because "What is this? Nazi Germany?" is why. And because this attitude isn't just limited to Seattle.
The other homeless paid for him to get a pass. He gives out information to others.
Because the government cut funding to insane asylums and other treatment facilities that could help them. Then, in the name of cleaning up their own mess (and making it someone else's problem in the process) they began practicing Greyhound Therapy. They'd find a relative or extended family member of the person who really ought to be locked up and medicated, get them a cross-country bus ticket to where ever that person was located, and slap the person on the bus to nowhere. They arrive in their "new hometown" with little to no resources (and likely a family member that doesn't want them around in the first place) and so they fall back on what they know - panhandling and existing in an intoxicated or drug-induced haze.
So yeah, a lot of these people could benefit from a structured, state-run facility that assists in providing care and structure for their lives. Unfortunately, nobody wants to be the one to pay for that care, much less work in those places.
Let's be honest here.
A large portion of this population is unfortunately beyond help. We lack the medical knowledge to fix these people if the problem is physical in the brain, and we lack a social way of reprogramming them to not be crazy if something in their childhood made them this way.
This is my impression of why they ended it - because it's unhealthy to subject anyone to working in one of these places. It would drive normal people crazy, and eventually the psychologically worst kind of people who are drawn to dominating and destroying people are drawn to these jobs and put into a position of authority over others.
So...kinda like politics.
https://youtu.be/fRDgW0LBqHM
It's been known about for a while.
Yes but a lot of New Yorkers see it is some sort of positive or "rite of passage" to see crazy shit on the subway. It isn't, and thinking of it as "harmless entertainment" does nothing to actually address the problem.
Well, Cosby told that joke in the 70's, and so far the numbers have increased. Several ideas have been tried.
It's really hard to threaten someone who has nothing. It's also hard to scare them when the reward is a nice safe prison in winter.
Police baton practice dummy or K9 practice dummy would probably be suitable threats for repeat offenders. But for better or worse that's not an option.
You're probably correct that within the constraints placed upon law enforcement there isn't anything they can legally do.
So what if we start imprisoning them with the sjws?
We'd have to arrest the SJWs first. Homeless people purposefully get arrested to get away from snow.
I never understood that mentality "the place I live is always a little shitty, but I like that because I think it makes me look tough/worldly". Honestly, basically every reason people might have for wanting to live in New York City or another big city seem like negatives to me.
It's called coping.
I can't tell you how many comments I've read from old New Yorkers who lived there in the 70's and miss those "wild days" of violence and graffiti everywhere when they were young and free and roamed the streets like packs of wolves. They despise Giuliani for cleaning it up and make it "family friendly".
Fortunately for them it's going back to the bad old days.
They call it Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta for a reason. Everyone knows.
We could have had a clean energy revolution years ago if the stupid fucking tree humpers hadn't demonized nuclear power.
Can you imagine if nuclear power was largely innovated and perfected over the past 20-30 years parallel to the acceleration of technology onward?
Thank the boomers. They regard their destruction of the nuclear industry as one of their crowning achievements of the 60s and 70s
You can kind of get an idea if you look at stuff on the cutting edge, fusion power (which now has a few functional designs and is only limited by shielding technology) and thorium reactors. Those would be commonplace.
costanza.
I wouldn't want to live anywhere near a nuclear plant.
Wuss
Considering diversity hiring, I don't think so.
It just takes one woman out of incompetence or malice to make a 100 mile radius uninhabitable.
They manage that just by being elected to local government.
That got a laugh out of me.
But seriously, in a world where jobs aren't given based on merit, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a nuclear power plant.
You make a valid point. Women managing a nuclear plant is just a time bomb.
If that is the case then the hiring rigor must be equivalent to that of someone handling nuclear detonation codes.
You bought into the fear porn of yesteryear. There is very little harm a modern nuclear plant can do, in fact there was very little harm American nuclear plants could have ever done. Surprised you fell for female propaganda of the 60s and 70s.
Agreed. Man made climate change is a Marxist lie made up while the Soviet Union was still around. We don't need to risk a nuclear accident by trying to combat man made climate change.
Who gives a fuck about climate? I just want to pay literal pennies for electricity. Nuclear is the closest thing we have to free energy
Imagine what we could do with cheap to run desalinization plants.
No editorialized title this time, just a link to something I found absolutely hilarious in the lack of geographical knowledge, insertion of unrelated agendas and thinly veiled hatred.
Their whole spiel about mixed-use development leaves out one key thing. The majority of the people that live in single-family home areas don't want to live in these mixed use areas. They exist as an option in any area dense enough to even consider it. The vast majority of them, even the nicer ones, are insanely expensive, flooded with leftists, don't allow you space to have anything useful like a workshop, the streets are full of aggressive homeless people that harass the shit out of you, etc. I could go out in my suburban neighborhood and walk around right now at night with no issues. I wouldn't dare in one of the leftist mixed-use nonsense areas without a gun.
They could improve public transportation without all their mixed use crap. They could start with not making them gross rolling homeless shelters. Get rid of the masks too. I used to live near a train and I'd ride it downtown on occasion to go eat or something. Now the first reason I would avoid is mask gestapo.
Blah blah blah new urbanist bullshit blah.
The city I live in even banned bicycles in parts of downtown. Pedestrians only.
Taxis are still allowed though. I wonder why. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fucking salon socialists wanting to be chauffeured to their subsidized cultural bullshit.
That is correct but from an esthetic point of view I do prefer the changes. Not sure what the solution would be. Having good public transportation is ok but those things are crowded plus homeless people and thieves. I hate the public transportation including subways. Some of them are truly disgusting. Speaking of parking, where I live the developers are forced to create parking spaces for 120% of the building capacity - which is not enough as many have more then one car but it is still a good idea.
Automated flying cars.
Elon Musk's eyes start glowing
"How to end the American obsession with freedom of movement"
Why do they insist on coming after every single one of my hobbies?
First video games
Then guns
Then driving
Public transit usually sucks (unless it's in Japan since they actually give a shit about their country). I'd rather not have to share a seat on the bus/train with some smelly junkie who doesn't shut up about his schizoid hallucinations.
They really seem to deliberately and specifically target "fond memories from your childhood". Don't they?
I think the people they recruit are just like this inside their own head. They're sociopaths because in their brain some emotion-control process has gone out of control and supresses any positive emotions, so they seek to externalize this to the world and everyone else.
Because the moment you say amp up the security, these bleeding heart leftist will scream that “ThIs Is DeHuMaNiZiNg” and INSIST that public transit is a human rights issue instead of an infrastructure issue, therefore allowing these human garbage wandering around and causing a nuisance must be tolerated or you’re a bigot.
I will never live in an area where public transportation is necessary. You'll take my car after you take my guns.
the city drones are at it again
File this shit under "Tell me you've lived in a city your entire life, without telling me that you've lived in a city your entire life."
The elephant in the room is the security when you have insane homeless person wandering around and causing a nuisance at best. But you’re not allowed to amp up the security and cleanup a la Asian countries because the moment you brought that up, these bleeding heart liberals will scream “ThIs Is DeHuMaNiZiNg To ThE uNdErPrIvIlEgEd PeOpLe!”. And amping up security is outta the question after what happens after last summer.
I read that thing. It's just a stupid "thought experiment" that isn't even possible.
I don't know why everyone clings to The Great Reset when the fucking banks got cucked by OnlyThots.
Absolutely correct on wildfires. Government management of forests has been a complete disaster. Unscientific, emotional, political. Never what was best for the forest.
Government in action.