Atlantic Faults Democrats for Opposing Driverless Cars
Atlantic piece argues cities rejecting Waymo block cheaper rides and emissions cuts.
Posts quote an Atlantic article titled Democrats Are Failing the Waymo Test. It states that cities saying no to driverless cars prevent technology offering cheaper rides than Uber and Lyft along with electric vehicle emissions reductions. Daniel Jeffries posted that opposition to self driving cars amounts to being against sanity and that no one supports progress in America anymore. Zach Weinberg retweeted commentary calling the resistance a political movement that taps into fear. The article claims such rejections stop changes that would improve residents lives.
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Tough but fair words for blue-state Waymo opponents from Roge Karma: "There is a name for a political movement that taps into people’s resistance to change and defense of the status quo."
It's seems like nobody is on the side of progress in America anymore. Old Progressives used to say Conservatives voted against their own interests (the implication being they were too stupid to know better.) That's everyone now. If you're against self driving cars you're…
Tough but fair words for blue-state Waymo opponents from Roge Karma: "There is a name for a political movement that taps into people’s resistance to change and defense of the status quo."
@tdietterich That is definitely one reason it's happening in LA before Boston.