Aren't those zoning laws created by people elected by the residents?

rglullis · 2025-09-21T19:24:24 1758482664

"Aren't those laws being lobbied by corporations who only fund the politicians that promise to keep things in their favor?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOttvpjJvAo

ciupicri · 2025-09-21T20:39:50 1758487190

What's stopping people from voting for "cyclist Joe" who promises to transform the city into new Amsterdam (no, not NYC :-) or new Berlin?

rglullis · 2025-09-21T21:03:44 1758488624

> What's stopping people from voting for "cyclist Joe"

The corporations who are lobbying and funding the campaign of "Trucker Bob" and "Soccer Mom Susan".

ciupicri · 2025-09-21T21:58:46 1758491926

Nevertheless I thought that elections were free.

lupusreal · 2025-09-21T19:32:23 1758483143

The laws that maintain roads for personal car use? Those are genuinely popular laws, not some sort of spooky corporate conspiracy. You anti-car cycle fascists can't seem to comprehend that your cause is unpopular.

Qwertious · 2025-09-21T20:41:04 1758487264

The term "jaywalking" was invented by car companies in a political campaign to reframe the car deaths problem as the fault of pedestrians.

You're conflating "the cause is unpopular" with "the cause organically became unpopular".