I think it helps to have a nuanced opinion and make sure we don't spiral into an echo chamber. For my example, I've found that lefties are able to identify a lot of the right problems, it's just that they think gay space communism is the solution to it.
For instance, I completely agree that North American cities are really stupidly designed. The car-centric nature of them means you're stranded if your vehicle breaks down. The fact that you have to go into debt to buy this big stupid box to navigate your own city is ridiculous in the first place.
But when it comes to their solutions for this they can't separate their stupid idpol nonsense from it. My local city government keeps talking about "equitable solutions" to traffic and pedestrian fatalities. Typical "world ending, women most affected" type stuff.
Plus they keep droning on about high density housing which absolutely no one wants to live in. in their utopia we'd all live in depressing Soviet-style block apartments.
What a bunch of faggots in here. I hope all the assholes raging against cars walk everywhere. Just to see what kind of stupid idea that is. But they won't because they're raging faggots.
I think the people raging tend to be the ones emotionally invested in their cars. I do walk a lot, and what makes it a stupid idea is the bad design of cities.
No, what makes it stupid is the walking part.
Cites are large because the geographic location where they exist permits it. Gonna build a grocery store every block? No that's a stupid redundancy and the stores wouldn't have enough customers to stay open. We have one big one and drive to it because that's the most efficient use of resources AND the most convenient.
It's ~15deg F outside right now. You think I'm going to walk even 2 blocks then somehow carry my groceries home in the snow? Two armfuls at a time? Fuck that I'm driving because it's what we have cars for, ease of transportation. City construction doesn't enter into it.
We had horse and buggy before cars existed because ~walking sucks~. The wheel is not evil.
Again, no one is wanting to take away the option to drive. Only to make walking safer and a viable option.
American cities are spread out because they are designed around cars.
Many countries have stores on every block. They even have them in NYC. It's not that crazy of an idea.
Have you been to America? It's fucking huge. We need cars no matter what our cities are designed like. And since people are going to be driving around anyway, we make it easy to do that in the city. Because we're not fucking stupid hippies.
Yeah, small tiny stores that have limited selection. Who wants to do their grocery shopping at the gas station. I'm not going to subside on milk, bread and hoho's.
But don't let the facts get in the way of your kale inspired fantasies. Fuck off faggot.