What is disturbing about it? Cars are more expensive now, so we found something else? That’s the only way it would ever happen. People hate change. It is either “cars too expensive, so people change” or “traffic too terrible, so people change” or “cars too full of annoying electronics, so people change.”
Cars should not be so expensive that people have to start using scooters and skate boards to get around. That’s fine for students, but a moral governmental system should be able to offer essential goods at prices that working people can afford. We should be able to manufacture vehicles at an affordable price, and people should make enough income to pay it.
It would mean less profit for the parasites at the top, but I don’t care about that.
Now people are using electric bikes and scooters.
That… seems good, right?
From an environmental standard, sure, but the true reason for it is genuinely disturbing.
What is disturbing about it? Cars are more expensive now, so we found something else? That’s the only way it would ever happen. People hate change. It is either “cars too expensive, so people change” or “traffic too terrible, so people change” or “cars too full of annoying electronics, so people change.”
Cars should not be so expensive that people have to start using scooters and skate boards to get around. That’s fine for students, but a moral governmental system should be able to offer essential goods at prices that working people can afford. We should be able to manufacture vehicles at an affordable price, and people should make enough income to pay it.
It would mean less profit for the parasites at the top, but I don’t care about that.
Why not? The Netherlands does just fine prioritizing cycling for everyone - on par with the “childish” scooters and skateboards.