Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Yes, America, There Is a War on Cars -Capital Research Center

Yes, America, There Is a War on Cars -Capital Research Center - Michael Watson
"It’s a classic leftist rhetorical maneuver. 
  • First, they target something normal Americans enjoy for regulation out of existence. 
  • Then, when conservatives notice, leftists deny that they are going after the normal thing. 
  • And when leftist governments regulate the thing out of existence, leftist activists and media say that of course the normal thing should be banned, and the press will declare opposition to the ban racist, sexist, or LGBTQIA2S+phobic.
The private automobile is joining the gas stove in the target zone of the broader Left. 
As the InfluenceWatch Podcast discussed with Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Heritage Foundation, the Biden administration is waging a war on private car choice by seeking to regulate gasoline engines out of existence. 
But the war on cars goes beyond forcing Americans to give up five-minute fill-ups for 45-minute charging sessions: 
The international left wants the private ownership of cars—even electric ones—problematized and limited. It is not a war on internal-combustion cars for the benefit of electrics; it is a war on all cars, Teslas and Toyotas alike...

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