Auto-Totalitarians

Some commentators attack supporters of transit for being "anti-auto" -- but their real agenda is to force Americans to drive or die.

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March 14, 2001, 6:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


Anti-transit pundits fantasize about a vast "anti-auto" conspiracy to force Americans out of their cars. But in fact, transit opponents are the real would-be dictators: they "wish to create an absolute dictatorship of the automobile, a society where government, by providing roads everywhere and transit nowhere, makes it impossible to live without a car."

Thanks to Michael Lewyn

Monday, March 12, 2001 in Buffalo Beat

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