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Yeah asking why conservatives think bicyclists are all radical leftists is a boring question full of answers we already know.
The real question is why the hell anybody who enjoys riding a bicycle (and walkable infrastructure in general) can at the same time be a conservative or even a centrist?
Like…. what are you doing? Have you not thought through the history of why the simple act of riding a bicycle or walking through your community puts your life at risk because our public spaces starting right outside our front door are utterly devoted to cars?
If you ride a bicycle on public streets and you vote conservative or even centrist you are literally using your vote to make yourself more likely to be killed.
There could not be a more direct example of how the idea of neoliberal individualism and libertarianism totally ignores material realities where an individual’s actions, such as driving a 6000 pound pickup truck for no reason, can directly lead to your death.
There could not be a more direct example of how prioritizing individual freedoms (and let’s be frank, only certain individuals) to an extreme degree can result in tragic consequences for everyone.
The freedom of the group has to be considered too… which is basically the whole point of leftism.