Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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Downvoting not because it is unpopular - I actually agree with parts of it -, but because it's an incoherent rant fueled by anger against some "undeveloped" country where magically everyone can fix engines with a piece of string. Big "hate the global south" vibes from this one.
Not hate. Just an unwillingness to infantilize people.
I'm not going to throw up my hands and say "well, we can't expect anything better from these people."
I'm judging people based on their own faults, as equals. That is an attitude of RESPECT. I'm not willing to say "awww, it's cute that these little brown motherfuckers can even drive. Of course we can't expect them to wait their turn at intersections."
THAT would be fucking hatred. All I'm doing is holding equal, intelligent, capable people to an equal standard. If you drive like a pack of psychos, it's not because you're "primitives" who are somehow incapable of doing any better. If you drive like psychos, it's cause you're choosing to drive like psychos. I think they should do better, and they CAN do better.
That's one long ass strawman.