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You’re either ignorantly or willfully misunderstanding the problem. Cars existing isn’t bad on its own, it’s the fact that, especially in North America, it’s no
by nrabulinski 3y ago
You’re either ignorantly or willfully misunderstanding the problem. Cars existing isn’t bad on its own, it’s the fact that, especially in North America, it’s not only the default but also more often than not the only option people consider
- cbeach 3y agoThere's a very authoritarian tone to your message. As if other people need to be "re-educated" to make choices that /you/ consider better.
- uoaei 3y agoYou will encounter such an argument whenever you make myopic and individualist arguments at the expense of larger and more systemic moral concerns.
- EgregiousCube 3y ago[flagged]
- eesmith 3y agoThe point of the article is that "the car-centric transportation system now found throughout the U.S. can be traced in part to a deliberate revolution led by a relatively small group of people with a personal stake in the automotive sector ... car culture was largely forced on an unwilling public by car dealers, manufacturers, automotive clubs, and others who banded together to promote automobile use, calling themselves “motordom.”" If that wasn't authoritarian "re-education" to make choices that /motordom/ considered better, then what was it?