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> Forcing everyone to use fixed transport locks their job prospects and keeps them dependent on corporations and government entities. 1. "Fixed transport" can
by malermeister 4y ago
> Forcing everyone to use fixed transport locks their job prospects and keeps them dependent on corporations and government entities.
1. "Fixed transport" can be faster and more convenient to get to places than Individual transport. Subways in Vienna go on a 2-minute cadence and you can reach the entire city quickly and conveniently. Compare that to the hellscape that is "individual travel" in LA, where you're always going to be stuck in traffic and not getting anywhere fast. It's isolating to the point where people from different neighborhoods don't hang out with each other because the transport is so inefficient.
My tiny village of 800 people in the east of Austria has trains to both my countries and to two other countries' capitals every half hour.
Public transport doesn't need to be shitty. It's just held back by backwards thinking in the US.
2. Cars keep you even more dependent on corporations and government entities.
The roads you're driving on? Government.
The gas you're buying? Some of the biggest and most evil corporations in the world.
The car itself? Big corporations.