@threetails ...because unlike #PublicTransport they ain't regulated as a "#Utility Company" aka. "must provide" services unless one refuses to pay or assaults and harrasses their staff.

Also the fact that #BigCar was allowed to buy perfectly functioning #Tram and #Bus networks solely for the purpose of destroying these was never remediated nor banned to this day, which is why we see Apartheid Emerald Boy pushing scams like #Hyperloop solely to sabotage #CHSR which he fundamentally opppses!

UAW workers are engaged in tactical striking, shutting down key parts of the supply chain on a rolling basis, making the 90-day strike fund stretch *much* farther:

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-09-18-labors-militant-creativity/

In this project, they are greatly aided by #BigCar's own relentless pursuit of profit. The automakers - like every monopolized, financialized sector - have stripped all the buffers and slack out of their operations.

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The fact that cars score so badly on privacy is especially ironic given the campaign #BigCar waged against the 2020 #Massachusetts #RightToRepair ballot initiative, in which car manufacturers held themselves out as the *defenders* of driver privacy from unscrupulous third parties who couldn't be trusted to handle the vast troves of data your car collects with every hour that God sends:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/03/rip-david-graeber/#rolling-surveillance-platforms

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@dragonarchitect Lets not forget how "#BigCar" destroyed #PublicTransport by being allowed to buy up #Trams and #Buses for the sole purpose of closing them down.

@notjustbikes and others did go into details about that.