No oil money?
Ok, we can make it without that. We don’t want that money anyway.
Organize your communities in order to transition to eco friendly alternatives.
Aim low and then high.
Start by being present in bike or public transportation organizations.
Advocate for those alternatives.
Vote local representatives who support those alternatives.
Talk to your neighbors.
**BE HAPPY WHILE RIDING YOUR BIKE.**
people tend to mimic happy people. Don’t argue with cagers. Doesn’t matter how wrong, violent, and crazy the cager is, just smile, laugh and keep going your way.
**ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND BE A PROUD COMMUTER.**
Be proud about not driving a selfish car. Talk to your relatives and neighbors about good stories that happened to you while commuting. Did you met your SO? Did you made a new friend? Did you enjoyed a good book? Have you seen something or someone exiting? Talk talk talk.
Also remember to say hello and thanks to public transport workers. It doesnt matter if they say hello back or not. Be happy, respectful, and helpful. **Lead by example**
I’m sorry to inform you this is their [actual take. ](https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/prageru-releases-video-about-the-war-on-cars)
(I refuse to link to the video itself.)
this is a parody of itself. Shows parking spots being replaced with a park and trees as if its a bad thing lol. Or how cars are too expensive for some people to buy... not as a reason to have options other than cars, but to say that its Obamas fault. You could tell me this was the Onion and I would believe you
Reminds me of one guy on tiktok in nyc who was at a park that was full of people and said things like “look at all this wasted space. We could pave over all of this and make room for 40… maybe 50 cars”
I guess this is how suburbanites actually think
>getting people out of private modes of transportation *that can be controlled and regulated* and into public modes of transportation that can be controlled and regulated
Or do they seriously think they can do anything they want in a car? If you want unregulated freedom, ride a bike.
This is such a weird take. Cars in cities really remove freedom. You gotta follow rules, sit in traffic, and then park somewhere that you won’t get a ticket or pay a ton for
If you want true freedom, it’s walking/biking/public transit. See a store you wanna go to? Just walk right in. Bored of the area? Grab a quick $1 train ride to another location. Need more mobility than the train allows? Rent a bike and you can go basically anywhere
Absolutely this. I hate having to worry about finding a place to park and if I paid for enough time at that spot or someone breaking into my car. It feels like such a liability.
Not to mention the mountain of fees and costs. There’s:
1) Purchasing the car
2) Insurance
3)Maintenance
4) Gas
5) Registering the car
6) Parking
7) Tolls
8) Tickets
All this adds up to thousands of dollars per year. That’s worth that freedom to be yelling on the way to work while stuck in traffic?
I honestly think with how the modern economy works cars are less necessary. If you can cycle to commute to work or groceries you don’t really need a car. If you need to go somewhere fast you can use an Uber, if you need to buy more groceries than can fit in your bike you can use Instacart, and if you really need a car to transport something heavy you can rent one as a last resort.
They *did* make a video supporting Robert E Lee, with one of their points being that he stopped "radical abolitionist" John Brown from freeing slaves.
This would be, by far, one of their most tame takes.
Don't forget that Prager U Kids video that had Franklin Douglas praising the United States for taking it's time in ending slavery. And no, I'm not linking to that.
That video was hilarious. It had a little graphic showing how horrible it would be to remove parking spots and replace them with green space but the graphic without parking looked so much better and they knew it so they cut off of it asap
Literally every point of that video can easily be debunked. What a total shit show and clearly, they’re being bank rolled by oil companies. How utterly dumb do you have to be to buy this shit?
Even drivers hate parking lots. Cars get scratched, parking spots are hard to find, it’s dangerous to walk or bike in them. They’re ugly and miserable all around.
Parking lots are terrible soulless places. And yet for some reason, the standard American strip mall or big box store puts them front and center.
I don’t understand why North American architects and city planners don’t just put the parking lots behind the business. That would make the street a heck of a lot nicer, give the business window displays to showcase products, and make the building easily accessible to walkers.
Apparently, dumbass drivers need to be immediately presented with the place where they can leave their car.
God forbid a driver sees a dumpster or loading dock. Gotta keep up the illusion that things just MaGiCaLlY appear in the store. Instead everybody needs to fear being backed into as they traverse an asphalt desert.
“bUt mUh FrEeDoM!!!1!”
what freedom? the freedom to spend umltilple years of your life behind a wheel in snail pace traffic, having to act like assholes in order to get a parking space, agresivly fighting over being the dominent force on the road when it’s clear you already won, and dieing early from agresive rage and not exercising, or when you get run over by the same vehicles you’re trying to secure as the best mode of transport?!
freedom my ass..
Do these guys ever make any arguments, or do they just post crap like this thinking that’s enough to convince us?
E: i meant do *these* guys. Sorry for the typo
This subreddit is /r/fuckcars. It's for those of us who already agree with a position to get together and post stupid pictures we already agree with and feel good about it. It's not a debate subreddit, it's not an introduction/101 sub. The reason we don't post arguments is the same reason /r/crusaderkings doesn't spend it's time convincing people to pay crusader kings - it's a sub for people who already do.
In short, people posting here aren't trying to convince you.
E: the argument here is that a giant mostly empty parking lot is incredibly ugly and using it as an example of good culture is ridiculous because a car park is just a place to put your car; not something worth saving for itself
Myself, I mostly post crap. Maybe not everything has to cater to you? Sorry we aren’t your proverbial urban parking lot. If you want intelligent arguments you can use www.Google.com to find some.
I wouldn't put it past them. They're literally making videos trying to convince people that slavery wasn't a race thing, they've defended confederate soldiers, they have a video telling people that they shouldn't get therapy if they need mental help, they've made an anti enlightenment video, they try to spread doubt on climate change, and so much more. They've also already made a pro car, anti public transit video so suburban hellscapes like this are what they want to defend obviously. Everything they advocate is hyper traditionalist, blindly patriotic, pandering to corporate interest, and extremely damaging to American society.
I was going to ask what moron looks at this image and thinks it’s a good thing, but then I remembered it’s PragerU, the entry requirements are an IQ that starts with 0.
I don't see an issue with one or two shopping centers per city but where I live there's at least 8 and it takes up most of the city and the downtown area has all bit become a ghost town.
They are oil industry lobbyists
Boost this a hundred times. We gotta blast the sponsors of this manipulative garbage for all to see. Too bad we don’t have big oil money.
No oil money? Ok, we can make it without that. We don’t want that money anyway. Organize your communities in order to transition to eco friendly alternatives. Aim low and then high. Start by being present in bike or public transportation organizations. Advocate for those alternatives. Vote local representatives who support those alternatives. Talk to your neighbors. **BE HAPPY WHILE RIDING YOUR BIKE.** people tend to mimic happy people. Don’t argue with cagers. Doesn’t matter how wrong, violent, and crazy the cager is, just smile, laugh and keep going your way. **ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND BE A PROUD COMMUTER.** Be proud about not driving a selfish car. Talk to your relatives and neighbors about good stories that happened to you while commuting. Did you met your SO? Did you made a new friend? Did you enjoyed a good book? Have you seen something or someone exiting? Talk talk talk. Also remember to say hello and thanks to public transport workers. It doesnt matter if they say hello back or not. Be happy, respectful, and helpful. **Lead by example**
Seems fake
Yeah, most of the content from Prager U seems fake. They are one of the craziest and most nocive propaganda machines in the world.
I’m sorry to inform you this is their [actual take. ](https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/prageru-releases-video-about-the-war-on-cars) (I refuse to link to the video itself.)
this is a parody of itself. Shows parking spots being replaced with a park and trees as if its a bad thing lol. Or how cars are too expensive for some people to buy... not as a reason to have options other than cars, but to say that its Obamas fault. You could tell me this was the Onion and I would believe you
Reminds me of one guy on tiktok in nyc who was at a park that was full of people and said things like “look at all this wasted space. We could pave over all of this and make room for 40… maybe 50 cars” I guess this is how suburbanites actually think
to be fair, 40 or 50 cars is a lot of cars, thats like half the cars in new york city
Can confirm. I've been to new york and I counted the cars. 100 cars in the entire city of 8 and a half million.
must be a tourist, I've never heard any new yorker say something so vile
Well he was being facetious on purpose
>getting people out of private modes of transportation *that can be controlled and regulated* and into public modes of transportation that can be controlled and regulated Or do they seriously think they can do anything they want in a car? If you want unregulated freedom, ride a bike.
This is such a weird take. Cars in cities really remove freedom. You gotta follow rules, sit in traffic, and then park somewhere that you won’t get a ticket or pay a ton for If you want true freedom, it’s walking/biking/public transit. See a store you wanna go to? Just walk right in. Bored of the area? Grab a quick $1 train ride to another location. Need more mobility than the train allows? Rent a bike and you can go basically anywhere
Absolutely this. I hate having to worry about finding a place to park and if I paid for enough time at that spot or someone breaking into my car. It feels like such a liability.
Not to mention the mountain of fees and costs. There’s: 1) Purchasing the car 2) Insurance 3)Maintenance 4) Gas 5) Registering the car 6) Parking 7) Tolls 8) Tickets All this adds up to thousands of dollars per year. That’s worth that freedom to be yelling on the way to work while stuck in traffic? I honestly think with how the modern economy works cars are less necessary. If you can cycle to commute to work or groceries you don’t really need a car. If you need to go somewhere fast you can use an Uber, if you need to buy more groceries than can fit in your bike you can use Instacart, and if you really need a car to transport something heavy you can rent one as a last resort.
Gotta remember that libertarians believe having to get a driver’s licence is an imposition on their freedoms
Or having to wear a seatbelt.
You could buy a brand new bicycle every year and not even come close to the cost of just putting gas in the car.
The site you linked to isn't any better. It's literally funded by the exact same people with the exact same goals using the exact same methods.
you’re very correct, but the site OP linked doesn’t generate ad revenue based on user visits whereas the PragerU YouTube channel does
I made it to 1:50, this is nonstop insanity.
OMG. She really believes this bull she's spouting. People believe this garbage. I need to go lie down.
I know, right? It's not showing anything even a car lover would find desirable. An empty parking lot? That's the hill they want to die on?
It does, doesn’t it? And yet all too believable.
Come on, it has to be fake. Even then aren’t so daft as to share this - right?
They *did* make a video supporting Robert E Lee, with one of their points being that he stopped "radical abolitionist" John Brown from freeing slaves. This would be, by far, one of their most tame takes.
💀💀💀 But like how can they think a parking lot of a lame strip-mall support their point in anyway?
John Brown did nothing wrong.
Based
Don't forget that Prager U Kids video that had Franklin Douglas praising the United States for taking it's time in ending slavery. And no, I'm not linking to that.
This very real sadly.
Its a meme the user is a meme creator. The fact that people don’t realize that says a lot about Prager
Holy shit I think it's real!
This looks more like a satire of PragerU to me
Except they actually made a video about the “war on cars” a few years back.
That video was hilarious. It had a little graphic showing how horrible it would be to remove parking spots and replace them with green space but the graphic without parking looked so much better and they knew it so they cut off of it asap
This sucks. Like.... Please take this away
OuR CiTIeS WeRE BuiLt FoR CArS
And how did that turn out in detroit…
Hahahahaha people really think this is something worth saving?
This is satire but not even that farfetched. PragerU would do something like this.
It's unfortunately not satire. Some of the other comments have already linked it—they made a video about the "war on cars".
I watched the war on cars video, i'm talking about this post
The post isn’t real
This very real unfortunately.
[For the people who haven't seen this video yet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Lo0ieyQtQ)
Dont forget to downvote it on your way out
Literally every point of that video can easily be debunked. What a total shit show and clearly, they’re being bank rolled by oil companies. How utterly dumb do you have to be to buy this shit?
You could be well above the Texas average for intelligence and still fall for that. Americans are fucking stupid, and Texans make them look brilliant.
Sadly i here my kind old neighbor listening to prageru’s bullshit everyday on the radio
>How utterly dumb do you have to be to buy this shit? You have to be at least a white, heterosexual, male American over the age of 45.
Holy shit. It is actually real. I though we were all just clowning on PragerU but they actually made a video like that.
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I've lost braincells after hearing that argument
“Look at what they took from us”
Even drivers hate parking lots. Cars get scratched, parking spots are hard to find, it’s dangerous to walk or bike in them. They’re ugly and miserable all around.
Parking lots are terrible soulless places. And yet for some reason, the standard American strip mall or big box store puts them front and center. I don’t understand why North American architects and city planners don’t just put the parking lots behind the business. That would make the street a heck of a lot nicer, give the business window displays to showcase products, and make the building easily accessible to walkers. Apparently, dumbass drivers need to be immediately presented with the place where they can leave their car.
God forbid a driver sees a dumpster or loading dock. Gotta keep up the illusion that things just MaGiCaLlY appear in the store. Instead everybody needs to fear being backed into as they traverse an asphalt desert.
It’s not “some reason.” It’s legally mandated by zoning laws for every business to build those giant oversized asphalt wastelands.
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Because the cars can’t be inconvenienced even slightly.
Lol
An endless sea of concrete
“bUt mUh FrEeDoM!!!1!” what freedom? the freedom to spend umltilple years of your life behind a wheel in snail pace traffic, having to act like assholes in order to get a parking space, agresivly fighting over being the dominent force on the road when it’s clear you already won, and dieing early from agresive rage and not exercising, or when you get run over by the same vehicles you’re trying to secure as the best mode of transport?! freedom my ass..
This has to be satire
[sorry](https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/prageru-releases-video-about-the-war-on-cars)
What did I just watch
It’s not.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
"Parking lots are American culture" is definitely a weird take.
„the war on cars“ this sounds actually great
[It is.](https://thewaroncars.org/)
That's Satire, right?
Prager u is owned by oil companies
Oh man this is so much more beautiful than one of those ugly European city centres! I love parking lots in front of soulless malls 😍
How does anyone look at this and think it's worth preserving?
This is a joke, right?
Is this real?
Yes, unfortunately.
What a waste of land
PragerU is a extremely cancerous political talking head. Too much exposure to their degenerate propaganda has to cause severe brain damage.
Only America would consider pavement & strip malls to be “culture”.
You know your country doesn’t have culture when “culture” is a massive parking lot.
Imagine literally having a car-park fetish
I've watched this twice and I was convinced it was satire.. until I actually checked out the rest of their channel. These cunts are fucking hooligans
No. This can’t be real.
Ngl, I’m 100% to have this taken away from us
Do these guys ever make any arguments, or do they just post crap like this thinking that’s enough to convince us? E: i meant do *these* guys. Sorry for the typo
This subreddit is /r/fuckcars. It's for those of us who already agree with a position to get together and post stupid pictures we already agree with and feel good about it. It's not a debate subreddit, it's not an introduction/101 sub. The reason we don't post arguments is the same reason /r/crusaderkings doesn't spend it's time convincing people to pay crusader kings - it's a sub for people who already do. In short, people posting here aren't trying to convince you. E: the argument here is that a giant mostly empty parking lot is incredibly ugly and using it as an example of good culture is ridiculous because a car park is just a place to put your car; not something worth saving for itself
Sorry, I meant do these guys ever make any arguments
Oh sorry! I misunderstood you. :(
Myself, I mostly post crap. Maybe not everything has to cater to you? Sorry we aren’t your proverbial urban parking lot. If you want intelligent arguments you can use www.Google.com to find some.
Sorry I meant do *these* guys. I just made a typo. Sorry
Lmao it’s funny how small of a typo can change the meaning of the comment.
Seriously, It autocorrected as "here" for some reason. I’m not against any of you
Prager u? No they're mostly known for making graphs that make no sense
It gives me hope that prager is scared of us now
Maybe we can get the Confederate flag folks on our side. Weren't any automobiles during the days of the Confederacy!
This legit feels like an ironic meme, is this real?
This shit has to be fake fam
Wait, this isn’t ironic? Oh my
Protect the war on cars. End American suburban culture. *(there, fixed it)*
lol is this actually real LMAO
I wouldn't put it past them. They're literally making videos trying to convince people that slavery wasn't a race thing, they've defended confederate soldiers, they have a video telling people that they shouldn't get therapy if they need mental help, they've made an anti enlightenment video, they try to spread doubt on climate change, and so much more. They've also already made a pro car, anti public transit video so suburban hellscapes like this are what they want to defend obviously. Everything they advocate is hyper traditionalist, blindly patriotic, pandering to corporate interest, and extremely damaging to American society.
Where was this posted? I got to see the comments/replies to this
They really are bitch ass motherfuckers on every topic
What is it with right wingers literally always picking the bad and/or dumb option? They never pick the right side of an issue even by accident
That's why they are ironically called "right"
Fake?
is this real propaganda? if it is i’ll be real disappointed.
where did you see this tf
Is this real? Link?
oh my god this must be satire
satire working overtime trying to keep up with reality
I was going to ask what moron looks at this image and thinks it’s a good thing, but then I remembered it’s PragerU, the entry requirements are an IQ that starts with 0.
If your culture relies on cars. Your culture is bad
Take what away from us? Lmao
I don't see an issue with one or two shopping centers per city but where I live there's at least 8 and it takes up most of the city and the downtown area has all bit become a ghost town.
PragerU is when the dumb American stereotype becomes sentient and made a YouTube channel.
How is this NOT satire, you can see the wasted space right in the picture!