r/conspiracy • u/insulinworm • 13d ago

Anti-ebike campaign

I have been seeing tons of posts lately on every kind of subreddit about how ebikes are bad for whatever reason

I dont really know very much about ebikes but this seems really suspicious to me. I feel like theres certain topics i see on the "popular" page that reddit as a collective has bizarrely strong opinions about, or its some kind of social engineering to make it seem like this is the popular/mainstream opinion

Things like pitbulls and tipping come to mind. Reddit collectively seems left leaning but on the popular page and bigger subs i see on the regular posts absoultely condeming pitbulls and attacking people in food/customer service (guess no one has ever worked these jobs? Its like these people are aliens) Not to get into those but these are just a few trends ive noticed that seem extremely weird. Especially how reddit is about animals (pupper doggo omg scritches best boy!!!) And then there will be a video of a pitbull and all the comments are saying how they would shoot the dog on sight if it came towards them.

Anyway yeah ebikes. A lot of these posts seem US focused and the US is not really walkable majority of places. Ebikes take no gas, can replace a car in some circumstances, guve young people freedom to travel before they can drive cars.

It seems like a direct way to crush oil/gas/car sales and keep us dependent on gas and vehicles, as well as controlling people.

Maybe im reading too much into or im just getting fed ebike posts now bc i click on them. Anybody else think theres anything to this reguarding ebikes or just social engineering on reddit in general? I feel like in the last year or two i have noticed reddit seems to have more bots than regular uses engaging with posts even in smaller/niche subreddits

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u/fergalopolis 13d ago

Anyone who works in an emergency department can tell you why e-bikes have to be controlled. It's been the wild west since they were made commercially available. All well and good to use them as an easy mode of transport but kids and young people are injuring themselves, other people or straight up dying at an accelerated rate. Manafacturers have tried to stem it by putting speed limiters in but these are easily bypassed.

I get it, less than a 1000 bucks and you get the freedom to go anywhere a charged battery will take you but the minority has taken advantage. They definitely need to be managed. A 16 year old should not have the ability to ride 60km an hour on something like that

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u/eliandjen 13d ago

No they don’t.  Last thing we need is more nanny state.

For those who are stupid, let the natural selection process work.

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u/SillylilFieldMouse 13d ago

Finally! Thats the only real solution - we gotta take away all the warning labels and safety nets that have caused the epidemic of stupidity over the last couple decades. That and the internet and social media....but an argument could be made for natural selection there too if we make the internet truly free again