@edgeofeurope@mastodon.social @scott@social.linux.pizza @ajroach42@retro.social They are seen by ppl as a good thing today because the industry has been so successful in wiping out the alternatives and foisting car dependence upon us within every aspect of our lives. Objectively research (by Sustrans I think…) has shown that a majority would like to live without them but are consummately trapped.