I didn’t read it yet is it good lol punished-bernie punished-bernie punished-bernie

  • Egon [they/them]
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    Cars fucking suck, and the only reason they don’t is that we’ve designed a world where they’re necesay.

    Edit: “Big countries” like us and china are exactly the places that could most benefit from non-car infrastructure. Having high-speed-rail connect the country instead of highways is in all ways a better solution.
    It is a more efficient way of transporting both goods and people, with less maintenance required, and expansion being less costly, and space being less of a demand.
    The only thing cars are optimal for is “last mile delivery” and even then there is often a better solution - micromobility like bikes, escooters and the like for people.
    The only reason we think cars are “good” is because they solve issues that come as a result of making a csr-centric society.

    • @dukeGR4
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      211 months ago

      ok, don’t drive or ride in a car then

      • Egon [they/them]
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        we designed a world where they’re necessary.

        What part of this is it that you dont understand?

        • @dukeGR4
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          but you are contributing to the problem? don’t be a hypocrite.

          every single time you use the car, think of the animals etc that you are harming. the greenhouse gases especially

            • @dukeGR4
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              111 months ago

              yes, we can all play our part. reduce usage of cars at least? or take public transport more that’s what i’m doing.

              • Egon [they/them]
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                Good for you - I bike nearly everywhere and if that’s not possible I take public transport.
                These actions does not in any way change the underlying structural issues. They are not a solution, at best they can be described as patch-work.

                My biking to work doesn’t change the facts that we’ve designed a world reliant on cars, which is the only reason why we think cars don’t suck. But cars are a necessity for quote a large part of the population. Posing individual solutions like “I just don’t do it” does not change this fact. Using a car because it is necessary, despite hating cars is not hypocrisy.

                Solving this issue that is the car-reliant society requires structural change, not individual solutions.