Comrades
I think r/antiwork and r/fuckcars have many similarities.
Our capitalist system is broken in many ways, work-dependency is one of the social injustices, car-dependency is another.
Car-dependency and work-dependency feed on themselves: we need a car to go to work to pay the car.
r/fuckcars has 378k r/antiwork has 2M. Join us as we need numbers. Numbers is power.
Let me explain::
In many countries (more in the US) you cannot survive without a car.
Cities were designed around cars (mostly US) due to zoning laws which prohibit e.g. small shops near suburban ares. These laws are forcing everyone to become car-dependent (and even more work-dependent) Car-dependency forces us into a financial dependency we would not have to have if the urban planning was made for people first, instead of cars first.
Car-centric urban planning is discriminatory too: under-18s have no mobility freedom (parents must chauffeur them around). Many elderly and disabled cant drive. Worse: many elderly _have_ to drive when they shouldn't be driving endangering themselves and others.
So we have this:
1/ work-dependency <=> car-dependency
2/ laws that favor employer over employee <=> infrastructure that prioritizes cars over cyclists/pedestrians/transit
3/ work-enslaved person with Stockholm syndrome <=> carbrain
4/ associating job with one's identity <=> associating a car with identity one's identity
Whats happening now:
There is a massive fight going on in many countries to improve cities/infrastructure to better accommodate active travel
15m cities is now on the spotlight due to conspiracy theorists targeting it. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230215-conspiracy-theories-on-15-minute-cities-flourish
(positive) Welsh government freezes all new road-building projects: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-57552390
Alternative to cars include cycle infrastructure and better public transportation:
Cycle infrastructure is all-age, almost-all-ability inclusive (more than cars). And now ebikes can help the less capable riders.
Media bias :
Media portrait of car crashes: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17450101.2021.1981117
“narratives tend to erase driver agency in collisions while highlighting agency for cyclists, and pedestrian deaths appear as isolated incidents rather than part of a wider structural pattern.”
Victim blaming: “cyclist was not earing a helmet”/”cyclist was not earing a hi-vis”.
Motornormativity:
NotJustBikes:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/notjustbikes/
We have been robbed of our mobility freedom, enslaved to work to be able to have the mobility. WTF. Revolution is now comrades.
Join us
Thanks