#but I really just can't stand oblivious hypocrites with persecution complexes not born out by reality or their own actions

[learningbluejaymentality]

It's wild that most americans view cars as freedom machines when the ability to drive one without subjecting one's self to interactions with aggressively bored cops is predicated on regularly providing multiple bureaucratic agencies with copious amounts of paperwork attesting to your living, relationship, and employment statuses and likely whereabouts. A good bicycle and a decent bus network will give you more freedom in your city than a car ever could. A decent rail network and a good bicycle would unlock the whole country.