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Originally Posted by tesla69
while i moved back to nyc partly because of the 24 hour public trans here, i think the american car culture was one of the great liberating forces of individual will and autonomy in known human history. (turned into an alienating force as well but thats to be expected) It offers incredible power and liberty to the individual. the stupidest moron in america can get in a car and drive from one coast to the other and back again and not need to register with any authority or ask anyone's permission - all in the space of a week or so! (or so it was until recently)
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slavery was one of the great liberating forces of individual will and autonomy as well, for the slavemasters who had extra time on their hands...
the car is evil. it kills hundreds of thousands of people a year. it is killing the planet. it is pure and utter laziness, and while it is a step up from the horse [in chicago in 1890 on any given day there were appox 20,000 horse carcasses littering the streets], it was not the appropriate step.
Individual cars are killing us all, there I said it, I feel better.