Because it’s obviously ridiculous and we enjoy laughing at it.
And also, it illustrates the class nature of owning-class car advocacy. News “journalists” don’t just go and make bizarre claims that bike lanes are communist. This is a political decision, to use red scare rhetoric to propagandize on behalf of the motor industry. Historically speaking, the owning class fearmongering, anti-liberalism and anti-communism are core aspects of the historical fascist ideologies. This should not be brushed away as commercial idiot grifting, this is their ideological propaganda coming out.
Because it’s obviously ridiculous and we enjoy laughing at it.
And also, it illustrates the class nature of owning-class car advocacy. News “journalists” don’t just go and make bizarre claims that bike lanes are communist. This is a political decision, to use red scare rhetoric to propagandize on behalf of the motor industry. Historically speaking, the owning class fearmongering, anti-liberalism and anti-communism are core aspects of the historical fascist ideologies. This should not be brushed away as commercial idiot grifting, this is their ideological propaganda coming out.