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by huevosabio 1077 days ago
Luddites abound in San Francisco. Coning AVs is part of a long tradition of Luddites, just like smashing looms.
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That's being too kind to them. Luddites didn't actively try to maintain a state of affairs that resulted in 30,000 deaths per year in their country alone. These idiots are doing just that.
You could avoid those by getting rid of cars, rather than adding more cars controlled by unaccountable programs with OTA updates pushed by people saying YOLO.
You could do pretty much whatever you want, if you could get hold of enough guns.