In 2018, Nashville voters were asked about creating a light rail system. The voters said no.
The campaign against the Nashville light rail system was secretly supported by David Koch and Charles Koch, two oil billionaires.
The Koch brothers funded several fake organizations such as Americans for Prosperity urging Nashville voters to oppose the light rail system. They posted ads like this:
Source:
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/02/02/the-koch-brothers-want-to-keep-nashville-mired-in-traffic
https://www.archpaper.com/2015/01/koch-brothers-helped-stop-nashvilles-plan-bus-rapid-transit/
They are doing all across the US
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imagine if these people would just buy some fucking train companies
If I ever come up with time travel to the past I’m taking toy train sets to several small boys
It’s amazing the wealth people have and it’s never enough.
That pavement represents a lot of government subsidies. Big highway doesn’t exist without big government.
So much freedom in one picture!
Damn those bike lanes for ruining it all!
the median voter is not intelligent enough to know what’s good for it.
We have really enjoyed complaining about it since 2018 too lool
And not just Nashville and not just in the US
Pave a highway, boom: you’ve created a Nashville, Tennessee
