I bet I would become depressed.
Nooooo, surely not.
I don't think thats even a conspiracy theory, i think its just what happened (i could be wrong)
However, I have my OWN CUSTOM INSANE conspiracy theory about my little european country! You see, we use trains a lot here, they are pretty well connected, so unless you live in a small village, and I mean REALLY small village that is not connected, you can use the trains. And till recently, the trains were okay. They werent like japan or something, there were delays, but when you took one, you were confident that you would usually arrive on time
It all changed when, for some reason, the entire system changed, not only the timetable but what kind of train stops where. It became incredibly fucking nonsensical, trains can be late for HOURS, or not come at all, old trains are used for fast tracks, new trains used for old tracks... I am not some kind of train expert, but I can assure you I could get fucking wasted and still I would have made a better system than this.
My conspiracy theory is, that whoever made this change got paid by big auto to fuck up trains so more people use cars. I have no supporting evidence of that theory and my sources were revealed to me in my dreams
flat earthers and illuminati bros really have ruined the word conspiracy. the gm streetcar conspiracy is not really a conspiracy theory, in that it’s a very probable explanation for events that did happen.
so while we can’t of course be 100% certain of any obfuscated historic motive, this explanation lines up perfectly with other known examples of corporations acting in a similar fashion. see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
The weird thing about the Phoebus cartel is that it wasn't actually evil. It was bulb manufacturers agreeing not to trick the public on longer life bulbs (that due to the technology wasted all the potential light as heat) in order to keep electricity cheap for everyone. That is they could sell a longer life bulbs but the electricity use would be much higher making it not an actual savings and making everyone pay more for electricity because you were wasting it with long life bulbs.
It wasn't until halogen, then compact fluorescent and now led that a longer life bulb was possible without being grossly wasteful of electricity.
This is in fact why I refuse to purchase GM products. I also lived in LA for 6 years a while ago, and the transit options are an absolute travesty in pretty much all cases if you need to go more than a few blocks (I.e. beyond walking distance) and you don’t have a car.
Certified fuckcars moment
Let's see you get some road head and drunk sex on a public transit! That'd get really wild pretty fast.
what did they mean by this 🧍
No need, the homeless folks next to you are already at it! Just swap out "road head" for "eating a can of cat food", and "drunk sex" with getting groped by the pervert next to you.
Darn you, General Motors!! Who needs cars!
That sounds like some US public transit, lol.
this is a violently ignorant joke and i encourage you to take time to reflect on what you’ve said holey fuck.
Have you experienced this? Or have you never been on public transit before
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I8GDklsN4
Taken for a Ride is a documentary film by Martha Olson and Jim Klein about the Great American Streetcar Scandal. The 55-minute film was first broadcast on August 6, 1996 on the PBS television series POV.
