• Shoegazer [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    They think it’s wrong because they’re not “legitimate” reasons. Even if that’s true, you have two choices. Either build infrastructure to let drunks and druggies travel safely, or letting them ram into a family of 5 and killing everyone

    • OperationTupperware [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      This exposes the lack of political will to actually end the behavior. We've got sufficient historic data to know that with the current arrangement we'll always have a steady flow of inebriated drivers. There is no effort to equip these people to get home because in upside-down land (capitalism) the solution is to erect a profitable legal industry around the behavior (regardless of the toll on all humans involved on either side of the tragedy).

      Like obviously don't drive inebriated but also don't delude yourself into thinking this isn't just another layer of systemic blight.