Also fuck greedy investor urbanism. Valencia spent an enormous amount of time and money to redirect a river prone to flooding outside of the city. And then promptly urbanized the risky flood plain with housing and commerce.
They killed people they felt threatened by, and that they couldnt use. Teachers, doctors, authors, scientists, philosophers, social critics, journalists, midwives, artists, performers. Those are the people that died at the hands of Mao and Kim, not the capitalists whose wealth they both needed. Mao was all about investment into collectivist systems, one of the biggest factors driving The Great Leap Forward was the need to quickly develop new sources of domestic investment. And the DPRK is just a corrupt Juche system, they love foreign investors (and holding them for ransom!). Just because a few people you don't like incidentally died in the purges too doesn't mean they had "the right idea", and it's sickening to see you spout that revisionist BS here.
Its black humor, not cheering the deaths of people. It's pointing out that we've been warning the world for years that exactly this will happen, and now it has in a way that resembles a system correcting itself. There's no joy in hilighting this, just ironic tragedy and the laughter of the gallows.
"I will shed no tears for any car owner killed in this disaster. They got what they deserved. For everyone else, I wish I knew where to donate toward any relief funds.” -- SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
People can hate cars AND help humans in need, even car users.
Flooding wouldn't be so bad without global car dependency.
I'm sorry for all the losses the people have to endure, but after this is over, there needs to be a discussion how to prevent disaster like these or minimise their impact on human and general environment.
Reduced inpacts of climate change but more importantly better urban design. Long, straight, impermeable roads guide water wherever it wants to go with little resistance or slow downs. Cities can be built to be more permeable to handle water better, they can also implement stomwater retention and detention ponds.
Many cities currently waste lots of space on asphalt for cars. We could build transit with permeable surfaces (such as grassy tram lines or cycle lanes designed from permeable materials). We could build less parking lots and save that space for stormwater ponds.
The financial, spatial and carbon economy of motorised private transport is inefficient, including its infrastructure. Opportunity costs of missing climate action due to economical reliance on private transport, spatial constraints of land use for traffic and inefficient housing (private transport induced sprawl) are just two examples for that.
Climate change fuels flooding frequency and severity, so fueling climate change with fossil fuelled private transport is irresponsible.
The responses to this on the other post were the same, punitive and wrathful with no space left for critical thinking.
How many people shop online then consume media showing the impacts of climate change or reports of warehouse working conditions within the delivery window? How many "fuck cars" users also subscribe to gentle parenting content? How many were raised in Christian homes and currently hold negative views on religion generally?
I will shed no tears for any car owner killed in this disaster. They got what they deserved. For everyone else, I wish I knew where to donate toward any relief funds.
This is so ridiculous I don't even know what to say. If you can live your life without having to use cars, then you're extremely lucky. That is fucking rare, you know that?
Transport exclusion is a massive problem worldwide, majority of people on Earth needs cars to make do with core activities.
You have a choice to use cars or use public transport, and you choose public transport? Bless your heart, that is a good choice. But not everybody has that choice.
For those that wish to donate & help Valencia amid the damages from the Dana storm, you can do so via Spanish red cross (Cruz Roja). Feel free to search "Cruz Roja donation" or simply "Valencia Dana donation", but here's also a direct link:
"I will shed no tears for any car owner killed in this disaster. They got what they deserved. For everyone else, I wish I knew where to donate toward any relief funds.” -- SatouKazuma@lemmy.world