I thought the tree-huggers told us we couldn’t cut trees down. Only Bad People cut trees down.
I’m so sick of this crap.
If the pattern holds, they will support just about any technology that remains impractical enough to be “alternative”. But should the technology end up actually helping the mass of mankind (inevitably also helping some enterprising folks acquire an “unfair” amount of wealth) it will not be “alternative” anymore, and they will find some excuse to loathe it.
“I thought the tree-huggers told us we couldn’t cut trees down.”
Oh, they meant it. Deep down they want everyone on foot or public transportation living cheek-to-jowl in the cities.
Much more egalitarian and easier to control that way.
Except for “inner-party members” of course.