• Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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    6 months ago

    You missed the blue collar part. I use a van full of tools for my previous employment. Tools that are not allowed on public transport.

    I walk on a bus with chainsaws (I used 2 today) I’m going to have an interview with some cops.

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      6 months ago

      Right, but ideally only people who genuinely need to use cars do so, which would include situations like yours. But not:

      • Commutes to office jobs
      • Errands that people could easily walk or cycle to if it was safe and convenient
      • Visits to friends and family
      • Groceries, restaurants, etc
      • Traveling to most towns and cities

      In that world, there would be a lot less traffic and you would get to your job a lot quicker. And the rest of us won’t be tethered to an expensive object that is only required because of bad government policy. But I get that during that transition there will be some teething pains, and sometimes governments will get it wrong, and it’s unfortunate that it has affected you. Ultimately though, it’s very much a necessary change.

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        6 months ago

        Ideally those who “genuinely” need a car can prove it by endeavoring to get a car.

        I hope that “genuine need” isn’t the purview of somebody else, who gets to decide what’s a valuable use of the road or not.

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      6 months ago

      Your career is a small price to pay for making someone else’s life easier.

      You gotta remember those government decisions, that let you run your own tool-using business without permission from the car czar, are bad policy that’s ruining life for people tethered to their cars.

      Don’t worry though: your car situation would be approved. It’s all the other people who’d be forced to take the bus. Not you, comrade.

      Of course you’d be able to keep your career after our great change has happened. For now, remember that your career is a sacrifice … the birth pains of our brave new world of buses.

      Thank you for your cooperation. As soon as the revolution is complete you may resume your work in complete freedom.

      /s