It’s the latest in a series of environmentally focused rulings by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, which has also nixed ads from Lufthansa, HSBC and Unilever.
It’s pointless arguing with someone so deeply ingrained with the victim mentality who has already decided all their problems are due to one particular scapegoat.
Reddit is fully of young, anxious people, some of whom will even grow up to be rich. I honestly think that what we’re witnessing here is exactly what the eggheads refer to as “atomization” and “free-floating anxiety”. Everyone’s so insecure all the time (sometimes, but not always because of material poverty) that they latch on to the first thing they see that passes for a villain.
(I’m probably doing a bit of that too, right here, right now.)
Alone, yes, but not necessarily if they band together in a large group to represent their interests, and traditionally rambler’s associations and other such groups have had strong connections to the labour movement and socialist politics for exactly that reason in the UK, and have been able to win certain freedoms (whether that’s about protecting rights of way across land, or about workers rights, the “apes together strong” thing does actually have a lot of truth to it)
My granddad, god rest his soul was very active in his local rambler’s association (and they won a fair few battles against land owners, about keeping public rights of way open, and well signposted).
You’re right that governments don’t really care about or give anything to the common people out of beneficence, that’s why organising communities and workplaces is so important
You think the hikers and right to roam activists, whose main cause involves taking on landowners and opposing the extension of private property rights over public rights of way, represent “rich people with connections”? Lol
Similarly in the UK’s “slightly commie old nature enjoyers” vs “4x4 owners” battle, which side do you think is the one with more money, lol
This isn’t a simple “rich & connected” vs “poor and powerless” battle at all really, more a clash of values (between 2 vague coalitions that contain disparate groups themselves, both rich & poor), but even if you did oversimplify it to that, I think it would as a first order approximation be more like the opposite of the way you’re painting it than the way round you have it there. Generally the automotive lobby is the one representing moneyed interests, & for big 4x4 cars (a luxury good & status item for the upper middle class in the UK) even moreso.
in otherwords rich people with connections got it banned
Really, that’s all you gleaned from this?
It’s pointless arguing with someone so deeply ingrained with the victim mentality who has already decided all their problems are due to one particular scapegoat.
yes? same reason why a ton of laws and such in the US gets passed is the rich people get pissy.
Yep, the NIMBYS that want wind farms, but not on my Pugent Sound! It will spoil my ocean view!
NIMBY and ocean view don’t mix. One is talking about suburbs and the other a beachside home.
Reddit hates anyone who worked hard and has more money than them.
Reddit is fully of young, anxious people, some of whom will even grow up to be rich. I honestly think that what we’re witnessing here is exactly what the eggheads refer to as “atomization” and “free-floating anxiety”. Everyone’s so insecure all the time (sometimes, but not always because of material poverty) that they latch on to the first thing they see that passes for a villain.
(I’m probably doing a bit of that too, right here, right now.)
ah yes rich people in the UK definitely worked hard for their money and weren’t born into it….
You took him explaining right to roam laws and turned it into rich people did this?
Jesus christ.
No. Off-roading in general is not legal as long as it‘s not allowed on a particular private property.
I think even the poor would be pretty pissed if you drove through their backyard making a mess of the land they take pride in maintaining.
yea but politicians and other people with power dont give a shit about the poor
Why does that matter in this case when their ideals of landownership align?
because if a poor person was complaining noone would listen.
Alone, yes, but not necessarily if they band together in a large group to represent their interests, and traditionally rambler’s associations and other such groups have had strong connections to the labour movement and socialist politics for exactly that reason in the UK, and have been able to win certain freedoms (whether that’s about protecting rights of way across land, or about workers rights, the “apes together strong” thing does actually have a lot of truth to it)
My granddad, god rest his soul was very active in his local rambler’s association (and they won a fair few battles against land owners, about keeping public rights of way open, and well signposted).
You’re right that governments don’t really care about or give anything to the common people out of beneficence, that’s why organising communities and workplaces is so important
What you mean the real UK isn’t what its like in Forza Horizon 4 where I do exactly that!
You mean the right to roam simulator?
… no, not at all?
You think the hikers and right to roam activists, whose main cause involves taking on landowners and opposing the extension of private property rights over public rights of way, represent “rich people with connections”? Lol
Similarly in the UK’s “slightly commie old nature enjoyers” vs “4x4 owners” battle, which side do you think is the one with more money, lol
This isn’t a simple “rich & connected” vs “poor and powerless” battle at all really, more a clash of values (between 2 vague coalitions that contain disparate groups themselves, both rich & poor), but even if you did oversimplify it to that, I think it would as a first order approximation be more like the opposite of the way you’re painting it than the way round you have it there. Generally the automotive lobby is the one representing moneyed interests, & for big 4x4 cars (a luxury good & status item for the upper middle class in the UK) even moreso.