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Car brain <---> Fascism
The link is as old as cars, very obvious, and very well understood. Cars have ALWAYS been a tool of privilege and oppression. Their rise and dominance are the result of violence, imperialism, colonialism, etc. Car dependency is a cheap, quick, disposable means of exploiting people, stealing their resources, and leaving them with nothing but debts, liabilities, destitution, environmental/health/community destruction, etc. Now it's at the point where the planet is literally doomed...
Only a fucking fascist and/or a complete stooge would support this. It's not some mystery. It's clear as day.
Really fascinating side story: The first bicycle was invented in 1817 by an ardent believer in democracy - Karl [von] Drais, inventor of the Laufmaschine / Velocipede, also called Draisine.
(And even more twisted, what was probably one motivation for this was probably the experience of "the year without summer" after the explosion of volcano Tambora in Indonesia, causing climate distortion and starvation for humans and horses.)
Keep inventing and fighting for a better future!
Also, fascists and the fossil fuel industry are worldwide in a deadly symbiosis. The former have a toolbox for manipulation, propaganda and poisoning democracy. The latter have trillions of funds available for manipulation. Both hate democracy, since the fossil industry has zero future in a democratic world.
I call this pattern the oiligarchy.