2026-05-01 12:32 UTC
@hrast@sunny.garden I wouldn't say that a car is inherently bad. The thing is, though, there's no such thing as "just one car". We have well over 300 million of them in the US.
When you criticize "cars", people have a tendency to conceptualize this as a criticism of *their car*, NOT "criticism of a society based upon a sense of entitlement to 350 million plus cars", and so they feel personally attacked and get defensive, rather than considering the argument as it really is, on its merits.
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@gcvrsa@mastodon.social 2026-05-01 12:34
@hrast@sunny.garden But even a single car cannot exist and be particularly useful without a vast network of infrastructure and logistics that becomes self-justifying. That's why people will say things, like, "But, I *have* to drive to work", when no, in fact, they do not. They are free to arrange their lives differently, to make different choices that would enable them to live comfortably and conveniently without cars. They just don't want to make those choices.