"ford gobikes are gross" is a sentiment i share but it's not a coherent materialist analysis; it risks sliding into reactionary praxis

the fundamental problem with these bikeshare programs is the privatization of public space. bike shares in abstract would be unambiguously good for the communities they're in, but the harm of private enclosure outweighs that good. the solution to this one isn't to destroy the bikes but to socialize the program, to bring it under democratic control by the community it serves