• Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    More like “I hate my job, but social safety nets are nonexistent and I need to eat food. On top of that I’m forced to spend my precious income on a machine that requires fossil fuels which are destroying the environment” but yes

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      1 day ago

      Yeah but that doesn’t let you blame the people for having a car

      • Qwazpoi@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Public transportation is non existent in a lot of the US and the cost of taking a cab is higher than a car payment. We have sprawling cities where if you don’t want to work a commute that would be 3+ hours each way you are precluded from most jobs and you better have 3-6 months of money saved to job search in your area at that point.

        Millions of people are stuck in places where if you don’t have a car you’re going not going to finding much work or working a living wage.

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          22 hours ago

          Yes, I am aware and am in full agreement. I was referring to the more circlejerky aspect of this community sometimes where they ignore/cannot comprehend that so they act like anyone who has a car for any reason is evil and the problem and bad.

          And I’m only exaggerating a tiny bit.

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            21 hours ago

            Are you under the impression that “carbrain” means “anyone who owns a car”?