Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around | Zoe Williams
Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around | Zoe Williams
Riding a bike is not a political act, yet cyclists have become the bete noire for the anti-woke, anti-green, anti-liberal crowd, writes Zoe Williams
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We're not 'wokerati'
But we are, though: cyclists are "better people" than drivers. And the right hates better people.
Huh, interesting article, thanks!
the study didn’t attempt to determine whether people more oriented toward the common good are simply more likely to ride bikes, or whether riding bikes actually increases people’s interest in the common good.
I'd be curious which is the chicken and which is the egg.
go vegan
It's true. I know I should be vegan. Convincing me it's the right move isn't the hard part.
I mean it more in the sense of, "go vegan, get hated by everyone." It's not the right, it's everyone right of you... In other words, a fundamental aspect of human psychology. :-/
Yeah asking why conservatives think bicyclists are all radical leftists is a boring question full of answers we already know.
The real question is why the hell anybody who enjoys riding a bicycle (and walkable infrastructure in general) can at the same time be a conservative or even a centrist?
Like…. what are you doing? Have you not thought through the history of why the simple act of riding a bicycle or walking through your community puts your life at risk because our public spaces starting right outside our front door are utterly devoted to cars?
If you ride a bicycle on public streets and you vote conservative or even centrist you are literally using your vote to make yourself more likely to be killed.
There could not be a more direct example of how the idea of neoliberal individualism and libertarianism totally ignores material realities where an individual’s actions, such as driving a 6000 pound pickup truck for no reason, can directly lead to your death.
There could not be a more direct example of how prioritizing individual freedoms (and let’s be frank, only certain individuals) to an extreme degree can result in tragic consequences for everyone.
The freedom of the group has to be considered too… which is basically the whole point of leftism.