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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@ekuber/116646789299218864

Most people can't even imagine cities with space for people, kids roaming freely, affordable housing, economic prosperity, clean air, green space and bird habitat. They just want to know where they can park car for free. Simply removing excess car lanes and pricing car use appropriately solves so many problems, it's hard not to be against cars. It's like if being against raw sewage in the street does not have a clear "win state"?

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Show thread😀🚲5d ago
Maybe this is supply-side economics: there is an infinite supply of driving to meet what your city's streets demand. #inducedDemand
Show threadscott f5d ago
@enobacon "in both conception and original purpose the car is a luxury good. And the essence of luxury is that it cannot be democratized. If everyone can have luxury, no one gets any advantages from it. On the contrary, everyone diddles, cheats, and frustrates everyone else, and is diddled, cheated, and frustrated in return." - André Gorz https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/
The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth

by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and nature were never intended for the people. Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the radio, or the bicycle, which retain their

Uneven Earth - Where the ecological meets the political
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵5d ago
@enobacon Back in the Usenet days, there was a group called "pave.the.earth". When I stumbled across it, I thought it was hilarious. I see now that there is a Google Group of the same name, as well as a subreddit. It's been 42 years, I no longer find it funny.
Show thread🏳️‍🌈 Brie 🌞🚴🌱✨6d ago
@enobacon I totally get the feeling! We can be against raw sewage in the street by being for sanitation systems, too. We see the opportunity costs, the potential. Communities are longing for something and don't realize it yet, so we become the champions for what will go in the space we're going to liberate from cars
Show threadDopes The Frogman6d ago
@enobacon I like having green spaces for kids to roam free in