Post by Chase ✪

BREAKING NEWS: a group of independent researchers have uncovered what they call the "car dependency scam," which has been ripping off city dwellers for decades. According to their report, cities have been designed to scam people into driving cars, thanks to bribes from the car industry.

The report explains that city planners have intentionally made it difficult for people to get around without a car. Public transportation systems have been neglected, bike lanes have been blocked, and sidewalks have been narrowed or removed altogether. All of this has been done to make people believe that driving a car is their only option.

But it's not just the city planners who are to blame. The car industry itself has been perpetuating the scam by promoting the myth of "horsepower." The researchers explain that having more horsepower has a diminishing effect and can be achieved just as easily with 1 or 2 horsepower. Yet people continue to buy cars with more and more horsepower, not realizing that they are literally feeding hundreds of horses every week in the form of gasoline.

"Some people are feeding 200 horses a week in their car," said one of the researchers. "They wonder why they are so broke."

The car industry has been able to keep this scam going for so long thanks to the billions of dollars they have poured into lobbying and advertising. They have convinced people that owning a car is not only necessary but also a status symbol.

The researchers are calling for a complete overhaul of the way cities are designed. They argue that public transportation, biking, and walking should be prioritized, and that car ownership should be discouraged. They also call for more transparency in city planning and an end to the influence of the car industry on urban design.

It remains to be seen if this report will have any impact on the way cities are designed, but it is clear that the car dependency scam has been exposed, and people are beginning to wake up to the reality of what owning a car really means.