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Why do you think everyone driving cars and using a lot of electricity is progressive? I think it would make more sense to use metrics like happiness, health, e
by everyone 11y ago
Why do you think everyone driving cars and using a lot of electricity is progressive?
I think it would make more sense to use metrics like happiness, health, education standard etc. of the population and whatever policies increase those should be deemed progressive.
The prevalence of cars for example, I would argue is a regression for society. They emit greenhouse gases, fill our air with toxins and carcinogens, encourage many diseases through lack of exercise, are the number one cause of violent death, and their popularity has changed the urban fabric into an environment that is not fit for humans and for human societies to grow.
- everyone 11y agoPerhaps you simply think that all the changes that have happened since 1965 are progress. Well, in that time the wealth gap between the rich and the poor has increased, greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise, contamination of soil, over-irrigation, flogging the land, overfishing etc. have all increased and many other non-renewable resources have been consumed or otherwise destroyed.
- tomjen3 11y agoMy car brings me happiness. Human societies are filled with people, who tends to make me unhappy.