▲ 819 ▼ Democracy is when the White House boasts about its king (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by merdaverse@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 128 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://nitter.net/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698#m *Nitter mirror. Don't link directly to that shit stain of a site
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 42 points 2 years ago (7 children) Is there a reason conservatives dislike congestion pricing other than spite? Gods, they're just the worst fucking people. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (3 children) The stupidest part to me is that toll roads work this way and are wildly popular with conservatives. They're just angry it's a public thing and that it's for public transportation support and not to make some private company money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) They're just angry it's a public thing [...] and not to make some private company money. This is always the case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Money they dont get? Lol make sure they lick the toes permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Thing is…this is just another toll. It bills you the same as all the other tolls in the city. They just gave it a different name. That’s it. In the first days, people were bitching because they took the trains and the busses, but everyone who isn’t an asshole (those of us who don’t drive) didn’t even realize it took effect and everyone was like “woah, what’s going on? Is it a holiday? It was so quiet on my way to work. It was awesome.” But these motherfuckers permalink fedilink source parent [–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cars checks all the boxes to them - helps with segregation, creates demand for oil, multiple vectors for environmental destruction, weird nostalgia and culture war fodder, another subsidy for rural/suburban voters, and it's the embodiment of not giving a shit about anyone else's and being a big boy. But yeah each of the individual factors boils down to spite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago They also make people a lot angrier. Angrier people are easier to manipulate permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (3 children) The stupidest part to me is that toll roads work this way and are wildly popular with conservatives. They're just angry it's a public thing and that it's for public transportation support and not to make some private company money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) They're just angry it's a public thing [...] and not to make some private company money. This is always the case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Money they dont get? Lol make sure they lick the toes permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Thing is…this is just another toll. It bills you the same as all the other tolls in the city. They just gave it a different name. That’s it. In the first days, people were bitching because they took the trains and the busses, but everyone who isn’t an asshole (those of us who don’t drive) didn’t even realize it took effect and everyone was like “woah, what’s going on? Is it a holiday? It was so quiet on my way to work. It was awesome.” But these motherfuckers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (3 children) The stupidest part to me is that toll roads work this way and are wildly popular with conservatives. They're just angry it's a public thing and that it's for public transportation support and not to make some private company money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) They're just angry it's a public thing [...] and not to make some private company money. This is always the case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Money they dont get? Lol make sure they lick the toes permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Thing is…this is just another toll. It bills you the same as all the other tolls in the city. They just gave it a different name. That’s it. In the first days, people were bitching because they took the trains and the busses, but everyone who isn’t an asshole (those of us who don’t drive) didn’t even realize it took effect and everyone was like “woah, what’s going on? Is it a holiday? It was so quiet on my way to work. It was awesome.” But these motherfuckers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) They're just angry it's a public thing [...] and not to make some private company money. This is always the case permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Money they dont get? Lol make sure they lick the toes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Money they dont get? Lol make sure they lick the toes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago Thing is…this is just another toll. It bills you the same as all the other tolls in the city. They just gave it a different name. That’s it. In the first days, people were bitching because they took the trains and the busses, but everyone who isn’t an asshole (those of us who don’t drive) didn’t even realize it took effect and everyone was like “woah, what’s going on? Is it a holiday? It was so quiet on my way to work. It was awesome.” But these motherfuckers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cars checks all the boxes to them - helps with segregation, creates demand for oil, multiple vectors for environmental destruction, weird nostalgia and culture war fodder, another subsidy for rural/suburban voters, and it's the embodiment of not giving a shit about anyone else's and being a big boy. But yeah each of the individual factors boils down to spite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago They also make people a lot angrier. Angrier people are easier to manipulate permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago They also make people a lot angrier. Angrier people are easier to manipulate permalink fedilink source parent