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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, if you focus on the "zero" part of the phrase you can score a cheap point. Now focus on the "trucks" and the "clogging" part. A van can stock up a small to medium store just fine, and a walkable neighborhood doesn't need big box stores to begin with (and small business ownership is a plus for economic conservatives too). And with fewer cars carting individuals around, delivery vans can move in and out much more efficiently without clogging up anything.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps the idea is to find ways to articulate things that don’t lead to such obvious cheap points being scorable.

“Zero trucks on our roads!” <—- stupid idea that enables the cheap point

“But zero is a stupid number to aim for” <—- cheap point

“Well obviously not zero

Then don’t say zero! Use your words precisely, as if you had some responsibility for what’s going on. Be more like an engineer, and less like a kid, with your speech.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure. Also, be a critical reader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

a critical mass reader?