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America's love with cars is founded on fear and selfishness
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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I need my car so I can visit my elderly mother who lives 2 hours away and frequently needs me to help her with things. There is no public transit that goes there. I'm sorry if you think that's "selfish" 🙄
I don’t think they meant the individuals are always selfish, more that the whole culture (and thus the lack of public transport) exists because of selfishness and fear.
Also in countries which are not as reliant on cars most people still have access to a car, they just use it less often.
OP went out of their way to say people selfishly drive cars to avoid other people. Seems like they are specifically targeting individuals as the problem
The lack of transit is due to the culture of selfishness. Are you honestly taking this as a personal attack?
The lack of transit is not due to a culture. It's due to systemic lobbying and political failing to get public works built and funded.
Where public transit is available, and properly funded, Americans use it.
That seems pretty personal to me...
And yet, I was somehow able to not take it personally despite my having similar reasons for needing a car as you.
I'm happy for you 👏
If you're taking that personally then I would really look inwards, and ask yourself why you took that as a personal insult.
Sure, I'll get right on that 😉
I mean now I'll say you're being selfish for not even trying to understand the point I'm trying to make.
Dude... Your post explicitly stated that all car owners are selfish people who only care about maintaining their personal "bubble", and according to your own words this was based entirely on two trucks that drove past you at a bus stop. Perhaps I would have a better understanding of what you meant if you actually said what you meant instead of a blanket statement condemning every car owner in existence as a selfish asshole...
I rarely drive my car. I walk to the stores near me whenever that is an option.
You are the one who posted a personal attack and then immediately started backpedaling