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You should probably consume less sensationalist activist propaganda and spend more time delving into the actual unglamorous history of how, where, when, and why they came about. Chesterton's Fence [1] is a very relevant concept here.

Can cars be used as a weapon? Yes. Was Henry Ford a racist antisemite? Also yes. Do cars exist so people can run over Jews and minorities? No. (Family Guy cutaway aside)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...




Don't have to consume any propaganda. I just need to look at the zoning in my town and the shitty actions of my own HOA


I would recommend not living anywhere with an HOA. Hell is your unqualified neighbors pretending they're lawyers.




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