Gee, I wonder what causes congestion in high speed lanes and roads? Too many fucking cars at the same time? Nah, it must be some communist subversion
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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I'm 14 and this is deep.
Water falling from clouds doesn’t mean it’s raining.
Who cars what science says, I love my penis-size-compensating huge truck, so I want more and faster lanes!
Well, mr dumbfuck, why don't you go to North Korea, they have 5 lane highways and only 3 cars a day driving them. Oh wait, true communists have no traffic jams? What?
Being independent and getting to use your bike is communist now
Carbrain is a disease
Fix and expand the US public transportation system. Building infrastructure for automobiles is fucking backwards.
Cars create congestion, so they build more roads, so things are further away, so the can sell more cars (and gas), so they can get more tax revenue, but more cars on the road creates more congestion, so they build more roads ....
TIL that the US before Ford was communist.
This is the same logic that says the only answer to gun violence is more guns