Climate lockdowns are here.

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[–]doginventer 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fundraiser for Stop Oxford's Traffic Filters by OBAG, ROX, OHSA and The Oxford Collection : Stop Oxford's Traffic Filters https://www.gofundme.com/f/stop-oxfords-traffic-filters

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ask u/Markimus he'll tell you the citizenry should be happy about it, they should line up to donate to have more gates or some shit.

[–]Alphix 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (52 children)

Redacted quickly became my favorite news show.

[–]WhenImBanned 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Don't trust them entirely just because they are bringing you news that are against the mainstream narrative. Some of what they are saying is true but they are still heavily cucked by Russia. They NEVER say anything bad about Russia nor her allies (China, Croatia, Iran etc). The guy calls Russia "Mother Russia" and he isn't even Russian. How cucked is that? Redacted is just CNN but for the Russian side. Sometimes they bring you the truth that the mainstream media hides but they certainly are 100% biased and will conceal anything that doesn't benefit "mOtHeR rUsSiA"

[–]Markimus 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Shut up, jew.

Serbia is their ally too, not Croatia. How are you jews so dumb you can't even get basic facts straight when you're trying to control people's minds? lol

[–]WhenImBanned 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ooo 12 year old /pol/ gamer got real mad at some common sense. Not a Jew but you sound like the Jewish Nazi from The Believer.

[–]Markimus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good one shlomo, the whole synagogue must be laughing

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You shut up, goy.

[–]MightyMorphinFaggot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sometimes they bring you the truth that the mainstream media hides

Right. End of conversation, we don't need a useless nigger like you to tell us what to believe or not.

[–]Site_rly_sux 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sometimes they bring you the truth that the mainstream media hides

Right. End of conversation,

But, like with this story, it's not like they introduce their own lies as "and now we're going to tell you a lie about climate lockdowns in Oxford".

So if you consumed their content, as opposed to BBC who were telling the truth in this case, you would actually be less informed about the world. I don't know why you would watch a fake news show if not to be informed, which is precisely what they're not doing

[–]MightyMorphinFaggot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I haven't watched anything I'm just arguing with you.

Also the bbc are fucking dogshit.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (43 children)

This story is a lie, though. Don't you care that they report lies?

It's literally a 100% lie. There's no climate lockdown debated by the Oxfordshire county council. Instead there's some traffic congestion measure coming.

Nobody is being locked into anything - that was a lie. Why is this becoming your favourite news if they just told you a number of identifiable lies?

[–]WhenImBanned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

People who think they are red pilled because they see through the obvious lies of mainstream media tend to think everything contrary to mainstream narrative is 100% truth and anyone who doesn't believe it without question is ironically an NPC.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

I certainly don't. But I do know that the legacy media spew mostly or only lies. So basically any story that is opposite or different from what they push is closer to the truth. That's all.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Weird because in this case, the BBC were totally correct in their reporting while the dude in the video told you a handful of easily identifiable lies. If in this case you only read the bbc and didn't watch this guy, you would come away more informed about the world than the conspiracist who only watched the douchebag video

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Keep licking those boots, you still got some saliva left.

[–]WhenImBanned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Redacted said Al Qaeda now fights for Ukraine. I don't know a more hilarious lie. Al Qaeda rightfully considers any Muslim who fights for the sake of a non-sharia government to be apostates. Right of the bat Redacted lied, it's an obvious lie for those who know. They're CNN but instead of lying for liberalism they lie for Russia.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Half truths are cute. They said that some PEOPLE who used to fight for Al-Qaeda are now fighting for Ukraine. Couple that with the huge count of missing weapons and it's not hard to realize that even those guys are fighting for the imposition of the Sharia worldwide, on a longer term. Small minds always love to reduce things to their own size, don't they?

[–]WhenImBanned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Al Qaeda would never allow any of its cells to fight for Ukraine. Neither Al Qaeda nor ISIS. You don't realise how serious apostasy is to people who call themselves Muslim. Once a group is labelled an apostate group they are fought against. Hence why ISIS fight against Al Nusra despite seemingly belonging to the same beliefs. Al Qaeda would be obliterated by all the factions engaging in jihad if they fought for Ukraine. You don't know the characteristics of such groups hence why you believe such ignorant lies, it's not your fault. Regular people just don't know these things, so anyone can lie to you about any of these groups.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

OK I'll spell it out and I'm going to type very slowly, perhaps you will understand:

There is a (un-)holy war going on: mudslimes against decent white folk. That's why the mass migration is taking place into our countries, mostly men of fighting age. This is an invasion force, and if you think their "religion of peace" is going to quietly take over through decades of breeding us out, you are mistaken. They will try to take our lands BY FORCE.

One problem they are facing is the difficulty obtaining sufficient firepower. But there's plenty of weapons floating around! Hm... How to obtain them? Ukraine has tons of weapons getting trucked around every which way, mostly untracked. Hm... What if 'we' pretended to fight for Ukraine (against Russians which are 'filthy Christians' anyway) to divert massive amounts of weaponry to 'our' cells worldwide? Isn't that fighting for the mudslime cause? OF COURSE IT IS. Don't think for a moment they're not going to make 'exceptions' for the furthering of their goals.

Is this clear enough yet?

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Muslims are white which is why they deserve systematic extermination along with white heterosexual Christians.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They are your weapon against whites. I know you want us to exterminate each other. It is obvious, rabbi.

[–]WhenImBanned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am from the so called religion of peace and that is a name we've never accepted. It's what Bush administration made up as a propaganda against the movement of Sheikh Bin Laden. And I wholly agree that we will take your lands by force and that will be the best thing to ever happen to you. We got nothing to hide, it is one of our deepest desires to conquer Rome, which will inevitably happen. We won't take your kids from you and indoctrinate them, we won't ruin your life if your wife divorces, we won't tax 20-40% of your income. We are just people who will treat you fairly so long as you behave and pay the jizya that is even less than 2.5% of your excess wealth, as opposed to the 20-40% you're paying now. Electricity and water is provided to everyone for free. When the caliphate is established you will beg for us to accept you as immigrants escaping from the degenerate society that your democracy has enabled.

Your system of democracy or any system that allows people to make their own laws is the reason why the world has become such a wretched place. God is the only lawmaker, when you give someone the right to make laws over you that govern your life, he becomes your god whether you admit it or not. Mankind does not have the capacity nor the authority to make laws. This is only the right of the creator. Whenever mankind got prideful and challenged the legislation of God, society decayed.

It doesn't matter whether the West challenges the legislation of God by ruling by man-made law or Russia or China. Muslims are obligated to destroy their establishment and replace it with God's laws. Sovereignty belongs to God.

So you may think "haha ofc they will bend the rules and pretend to fight for Ukraine" like an ignoramus, that's because that's what you are and you are completely oblivious to the methodology of Muslims or people who call themselves Muslims.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

And that’s why all non-Jewish religions need to get Hitlered as payback for Hitler.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Arbeit Macht Frei

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Leviticus 24:19–21. God’s bloodlust for the blood of the oppressor classes is justified by the oppressor classes’ bloodlust for those they oppress.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't speak for others, but no, there is no hatred in my heart for the jews. Pity yes, but not hate. I know you, it is your weapon against the greatness that is the white race: to incite hatred in their hearts, because somehow you understand that a being, especially a white, lowers himself immensely by holding hate in his heart for any living being. But we are wising up to your sneaky games, demonspawn.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (24 children)

Except it is not a lie, you fucking homophobic pedophile.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (23 children)

There's no climate lockdown and nobody will be locked into any area. That was a lie.

Instead there are traffic control measures coming to deal with vehicle congestion on the roads.

Why do you think it's not a lie?

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (22 children)

Everything you have ever said is a lie. You lied once so you’re lying again. You’re even doing it now by defending the oligarchy and its eco-fascist greenwashing communist propaganda. None of that “Green“ crap is actually green and it all misses the point because it is still promoting conspicuous consumption for white people. And that’s a good thing because conspicuous consumption is a sign of a free and prosperous society.

And you’re an anti-semitic homophobic pedophile, which is proven fact, so your credibility is already shot to hell.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (21 children)

Point to the lie I told.

I'll wait.

the oligarchy and its eco-fascist greenwashing communist

Bro it's traffic congestion control you dipstick. Walk. Take a bus. It's Oxford city centre, it should be enjoyed at a slow walk anyway

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Stop with your communist attacks on cars. Public transportation is communism, and it takes up space on the roads and causes traffic jams. If we left things up to you, we never would’ve even discovered the wheel!

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You must have a lot to say about traffic lights and stop signs. Do you know why they made them red? That's right, so that you are forced to obey the communists

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then running a stop light is a revolutionary act.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

Your entire comment history is one lie after another. No point in pointing to a specific lie when every word out of your mouth is a falsehood. It would save time to point out all the times you didn’t lie, but they don’t exist.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

Your entire comment history is one lie after another

It should be really really easy for you to point to one then.

Why are you finding this so difficult?

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

Because your hate speech is not protected by the first amendment and posting it makes me complicit in fomenting hate crimes against my own people.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

Did you find one of the lies yet or are you still struggling to locate one

[–]Markimus 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (65 children)

Nonsense

They're traffic filters to remove the amount of regular cars clogging up roads. It's to make the area easier to travel through, obviously. All cities should implement vehicle management strategies so the traffic isn't so hectic.

[–]SeethingPeasant 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are talking about limiting peoples freedom. Forcing people out of being able to drive or travel freely. That's why they want us to switch to electric cars, they can control them remotely, they are too expensive for most people as well. Electric cars are a scam, 1 electric car is 10x worse than an suv

[–]Ehhhhhh 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's not a nonsense story.

How will it be easier to travel if there are only 100 passes per year?

If cities want to promote other forms of travel, then they can do so by making alternate methods more affordable and accessible. Punishing car owners is not right. They already pay taxes and also taxes via fuel and so have a right to drive on public roads.

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The title is 'climate lockdowns are here', that's what is nonsense.

I agree with you that just implementing this is shitty. But it's Oxfordshire, home of elites in the UK. They aren't just doing this, they have good infrastructure, cycling etc setup. This is about keeping an elite area nice, separating themselves from the common rabble. That's the real story here, they're using you lolbert morons' obsession with MUH FREEDUMBS as useful idiot controlled opposition to cover up the grotesque elitism.

[–]notafed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

100 passes per household per year.

[–]BISH 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (28 children)

They're traffic filters to remove the amount of regular cars clogging up roads.

It's being pushed under the pretext of global warming, which is a hoax.

A PsyOp.

The pretext is a fraud; therefore it's an assault on the public.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (27 children)

You're the fraud, here.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/10/vehicle-pollution-results-in-4m-child-asthma-cases-a-year

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30202-0/fulltext

Within London's LEZ, a smaller lung volume in children was associated with higher annual air pollutant exposures

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (26 children)

How is the Lancet still a thing after that autism vaccine hoax? How is the Grauniad, those racist limey Eurotrash-worshiping honky imperialists, still a thing after their verbal terrorism against Israel to incite the physical kind?

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (25 children)

So are you suggesting that carbon monoxide and rubber microparticles are good for childrens' lungs?

Why are you shilling for Goodyear now?

The user thought that this traffic congestion control measure was about climate change, I let him know he was wrong and you leapt to defend engine and tyre manufactures. I don't understand why unless you're just stalking my comments to leave your edgy childish slurs

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (24 children)

Stfu homophobic cracker. We know you rape children. Everybody who bashed conservatives, Republicans, and Donald Trump is doing it to cover up for their pedophilia. You’re just like Alden Bunag.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (23 children)

It's difficult to account for why you leapt to the defense of tyre and engine manufacturers isn't it

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (21 children)

It’s not difficult to account for why you project your own pedophilia onto me. You do it because I’m gay and Jewish. You’re obsessed with Epstein because you hate Jews. You don’t care about protecting children. You just want to put the focus on Jews and Gays so you can get away with hetero-gentile child molestation yourself.

And yes, if you hate Trump, then you hate white people which makes you a racist. And according to the wokestapo, racism is a punchable offense.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (20 children)

The dude didn't realise that heavy vehicle traffic affects pedestrian health.

I let him know he was wrong.

Are you ok? Why are you reacting like this? Why do you care so much about whether or not heavy vehicle traffic has an effect on pedestrian health?

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (19 children)

Don’t patronize me you fucking pedophile cracker

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Stfu pedo

[–]tiny-brown-mug 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (23 children)

This is still a bit much :

Up to 100 day passes per year will be offered to residents and businesses affected by the changes, enabling them to travel through the filters without penalty. A spokesperson for the council explained: "Traffic filters have been part of Oxford’s Transport Strategy since 2015, and are a key tool to reduce traffic congestion in Oxford. Traffic filters are not designed to stop people from driving private vehicles.

"Everywhere in the city will still be accessible by car, although some private car drivers may need to use a different route during the operating hours of the traffic filters [so, basically, not all parts of the city will be accessible to people driving their own car at all times.]. Vehicles going through the traffic filters will be monitored by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, not by electronic gates or any other physical barriers [this part is still creepy. why monitor anything? if you break the rules does your scs get down-voted? seriously.].

"When they are operating, private cars will not be allowed through without a permit. All other vehicles including buses, coaches, taxis, vans, mopeds, motorbikes and HGVs will be allowed at all times."

~~~

They're basically punishing people for owning cars. Forcing people to use public transit or ride a smaller vehicle (like a moped or a bike), if they want to access every possible route whenever they wish.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For this we beat Hitler?

[–]notafed 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The funny thing is, motorbikes and mopeds are not regulated nearly as much as cars are for emissions.

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (20 children)

Yes this policy alone is a little bit shit but it wouldn't take much to transition Oxfordshire into a cycling haven like the Netherlands. It's very flat. If the council are serious they could easily get this kind of thing sorted. To be fair Oxfordshire is already extremely cyclist-y, I don't think this policy really changes much.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (19 children)

I'm not against cities being more bike-friendly. That's great. I hate sharing the road with flocks of cyclists. They need their own separate bike paths next to the car routes.

But this is basically punishing people for driving their own cars. That's weird.

[–]Markimus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (18 children)

I don't really see the problem, if there's good public transport infrastructure, the city is walkable and cycleable etc then that would be preferable anyway. It's the opposite which is miserable, being forced to have to own a car, being stuck in traffic etc.

[–]TemporarilyDeceased 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If the city is designed so that walking and cycling are preferable, then why do they need to restrict the ability of their residents to drive when they choose to?

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Obviously there's still congestion because car manufacturers, construction companies, bankers etc make trillions to enforce a car-centric world.

But look at Oxfordshire, do you know what kind of city it is? It's an ELITE area (home to the most elite university in the UK), they don't want the same enslavement to machines they enforce on the masses to be where they live. They want it nice and peaceful, no pollution etc. The plebeian masses can deal with the cancer, asthma etc from cars, industry etc. They have their nice flat city where everyone can walk and cycle around, and they limit cars to keep it nice.

This is about elites keeping their area nice, distinct from the worker bees who live in spiritual wastelands. Do you understand?

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's not a city, but a county. You don't seem to know that much yourself...

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The gates are obviously going to be in the city you thick fuck. Why would they be closing off random empty country lanes and shit? Lolbert attempt to use his brain challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But look at Oxfordshire, do you know what kind of city it is?

Hey SHITHEAD. This is what YOU wrote­.

The american equivalent would be: "Look at Massachusets, do you know what kind of city it is?" Do you realize how thoroughly moronic that makes you??? I'll keep "not using my brain" instead of, like you, being what, in full possession of all your wits? Drooling chimp.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

But this is still making the choice to own and drive your own car a lot more of a pain in the neck. It's not the same as making car ownership illegal, but by punishing people for driving their own cars, you're passive-aggressively tightening the vice grip on car drivers. That's not right. This is one step closer to the kind of public monitoring and punishment system that seems to be trying to roll itself out all over.

If I own a car I should be free to drive it. It's my headache to deal with if I get stuck in traffic. By saying I can't drive home directly but have to drive 20 minutes out of my way because the environment, that's too much control. Everyone is free to get a bike, or take a bus.

[–]Bigs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

True story - over 20 years ago I applied for a job with a local council in the UK. During the interview they specifically told me that part of my role, and the council's vision, was to make private car ownership difficult, expensive and, if possible, worse than using public transport.

It's the only job interview of my life that I walked out of.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is absolutely bizarre. I'm glad you walked out of that one. What a "vision"! And this was 20 years ago... Did they give any reason? Just being jerks and making sure people owned as little as possible and had no real freedom of movement?

[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They didn't really give a reason, just the goal of shifting the public out of their own cars and onto public transport. They seemed surprised I was not already onboard with the idea.

Even back then I was vaguely aware of 'Agenda 30' or 'Agenda 21'. I now know 21 is part of 30, and yeah, Alex Jones may be a nutcase and a blowhard, but he's right about a lot of stuff, and his title 'Prison Planet' was spot on.

[–]Bigs 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

You don't see the problem with taking away people's freedom to move around?

Fukwit.

[–]Site_rly_sux 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's traffic control. Take a bus. Walk. You must get really upset at stop signs

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I see the problem more with making people slaves to machines that need constant maintenance, upkeep, repair, fuelling etc that are restricted to designated pathways whose only purpose is to make governments and billionaires more money while turning people into spiritual bees mindlessly serving techno-capital.

You are very deep into the matrix, so far that you love being enslaved to it. There is a better world where you can exist without needing a car, like our ancestors did for thousands of years until capitalists (and communists) decided to enslave people to the machine for their own benefit.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You will own nothing and we will be happy.

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

cope, slave

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And there you reveal your true colors, as one of them.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't see car ownership as slavery, though. I see it as freedom! I can drive to the next city, across the country, or to the store without having to "check in" with anyone, or with the government. I'm responsible for my own ride. I have to drive it carefully, fill the tank, and check out any weird noises, lights, or smells. If anything, car ownership teaches people responsibility and gives them freedom to move around. I don't have to flash my ID, scan a QR code, or download an app to use my vehicle.

And if there's an emergency, I can drive someone to the hospital on my own. No need to call for the police or an ambulance. There are incidents where the police are called for medical emergencies they don't know how to handle, they panic, and shoot someone. If I could have just driven my epileptic or diabetic relative to the hospital on my own, that could have been avoided. Cars give people that freedom, and force them to take care of their own vehicle, instead of relying on the government for a ride. There's nothing wrong with public transport, of course, but having a car teaches you to budget, value the vehicle, and take care of something that's on you.

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I 'can' exist without my truck, my car, my motorbike and my sailing yacht - but I don't fucking want to.

Petroleum and the printing press are what set humanity free, which is exactly why the elite want to deny us cheap energy and free speech

[–]Canbot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

😳

My bad. Thanks for the research.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's still a boiling frog implementation of the systems of totalitarian control and these systems probably WILL be used for climate lockdowns.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Remember "2 weeks to flatten the curve"?

Governments don't go full totalitarian overnight. Instead they introduce measures that seem fine and justified on the surface but that includes systems that are needed for a fully totalitarian government control. Now once these systems are in place, they can "change schedule" as in, oh now you're only able to leave Oxfordshire 60 days out of the year. Wait, now it's 30. Ah fuck it, the climate will thank us because YOU CAN'T LEAVE ANYMORE.

They ALWAYS use the boiling frog system. Otherwise they'd never get anything done and ICYMI, they're good at getting their way.

[–]Markimus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The limitations of being a schizophrenic on full display. Rich people do rich people things to make their area more pleasant how rich people like and dumbasses (you) think everything revolves around their pet fantasy project that is completely unrelated.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The drooling chimp mind strikes again. Yes, Oxford is posh. But your definition of "rich" lacks nuance. Somebody with a NAV of $5 million is "rich" in your view. The controllers at the very top of the economic pyramid see these guys as fleas to be squished for fun. You think the Rothschilds are going to play nice and kind to the "I have a nice house in Oxford" snobs and do them favors? Droolchimp. They're in the same fucking boat as the rest of us. They can be PREFERRED for use to implement the tools of totalitarian control, because they know that droolchimps like you are going to say moronic shit like: "See? The rich are doing it for themselves, IT'S A GOOD THING! IT'S LUXURY!"

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think these strategies tend to be confusing and difficult to implement. It's far easier to simply introduce tolls or a tax on parking in high congestion areas to encourage people to take public transportation instead and reduce traffic.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Or, just make public transport free. That'll incentivize the use of public transit without punishing people for using their own cars. It's the punishment aspect that I don't like. I don't mind positive reinforcement, but taxing or disciplining people for not going along and just trying to drive their own car (which should be regarded as their own private property to use as they like so long as they're not running people over) seems harsh.

This seems like a step in the direction of "you don't have the right to use your own property; you rent your very existence from us, and therefore must pay a fine to operate your car!" That's too extreme. By all means, give folks incentives for biking or taking a bus or whatever, but don't try to penalize or humiliate car drivers.

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes that's called property tax.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For those who don't know the history of Oxford, every few centuries they have an actual mini war between the students and locals. Looks like another one is overdue.

[–]JOE_BIDEN 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'll have to borrow that after I am re-elected.

[–]JewsAreOfColor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fake news and even if it isn’t, they deserve it for their imperialism.