• No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca
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    26 days ago

    All elected officials should have to use active or public transit.

    Maybe then they’d give a shit about it.

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      25 days ago

      That would be indescribably based, but then they’d have to answer awkward questions from constituents on their way to work, and they’d just call it a security issue (and they wouldn’t even be wrong, it would make it trivial for foreign powers to assassinate politicians that oppose their goals).

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        25 days ago

        If there is a legitimate and valid security concern, that’s a valid reason to use a different method.

        A city councillor not wanting to talk to Brenda can just get headphones.