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[–]Bigs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

True story - over 20 years ago I applied for a job with a local council in the UK. During the interview they specifically told me that part of my role, and the council's vision, was to make private car ownership difficult, expensive and, if possible, worse than using public transport.

It's the only job interview of my life that I walked out of.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is absolutely bizarre. I'm glad you walked out of that one. What a "vision"! And this was 20 years ago... Did they give any reason? Just being jerks and making sure people owned as little as possible and had no real freedom of movement?

[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They didn't really give a reason, just the goal of shifting the public out of their own cars and onto public transport. They seemed surprised I was not already onboard with the idea.

Even back then I was vaguely aware of 'Agenda 30' or 'Agenda 21'. I now know 21 is part of 30, and yeah, Alex Jones may be a nutcase and a blowhard, but he's right about a lot of stuff, and his title 'Prison Planet' was spot on.