scott fJan 7, 2025
interesting argument for the left to lean into making public transit great to beat back the right. https://newrepublic.com/article/189842/public-transit-democrats-trump-climate
A Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Trump: Better Public Transit

The right knows that safe, efficient public transit could be a potent political tool for leftists. That’s why conservatives stoke backlash to public transit every chance they get.

The New Republic
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@scott The Right know this, which is why they’re systematically defunding public transport and replacing it with cockamamie schemes like Uber vouchers for low-income citizens and Tesla tunnels instead of subways, precisely because they don’t work and preempt anything that might
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