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Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by supertrope on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @12:48AM (#37565699)
Conspiracy theorists have distorted proposals for congestion zones into much more nefarious things. This not much different than a street not allowing large trucks, or turning over lanes to only HOV, bus or taxi use.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-15-minute-city-conspir...

Re:The High Cost of Free Parking by userbinator on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @01:01AM (#37565774)
People thought Stallman was a crazy conspiracy theorist 20 years ago. Now we know he was just unusually prescient (and there's still an ongoing campaign against him.)

They're just boiling the frog slowly enough and hoping we don't notice.