• Carnelian@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I’m not saying you should be taken to prison

    Just to clarify, people are taken to prison for these infractions. This is not you and I comparing hypotheticals

    up to them to figure out an alternative

    There are no alternatives. Our communities have been systematically ravaged by car companies. They literally paid to tear trollies out of cities and pave over the rails. Zoning laws have deliberately pushed people away from places they can work. Walking and biking is impossible. There isn’t a bus anywhere near you or your work.

    We are once again not comparing hypotheticals. You’re just repeating your opinion (driving is a privilege which should be taken away from those who abuse it) without addressing the reality (driving is a necessity for most people in the US)

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      5 hours ago

      The reality is that if you want to have access to that privilege, you should not abuse it. The fact that communities were built in a car centric manner does not imply you can do whatever you want because nobody can take your car away. Either you drive responsibly, or you don’t drive.

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        5 hours ago

        Either you drive responsibly, or you don’t drive.

        And yet, despite your repeated proclamations to this effect, they continue to be allowed to drive. You say one thing, yet reality is different. Curious. How would you explain this contradiction?