>>1884321>Cars equal freedomImagine having Stockholm syndrome that runs so deep you uniroincally believe American propaganda that cars = freedom. If anything, the car is the single most freedom eliminating object humans have brought upon itself and the media pushes American car propaganda because money. Humans back in the day were significantly more free when they weren't debt slaves to the car companies who are debt slaves to the government who is a debt slave to big oil. Local governments wouldn't have had to go in debt just to build the infrastructure for their socially isolating sprawl
>>1884365The government is subsiding your freedom. If the government wasn't subsidizing the cost of oil as well as paying for the manufacture of the car, 99% of humans can't afford a car. That cost is taken from all of us. There's a reason the dollar keeps inflating, let me rephrase that better, there's a reason the dollar is not gaining value. The government is kind of forced to however because it shot itself in the foot by creating policies that continues to promote car and car infrastructure as well as actively sabotage its rail infrastructure with poor freight-passenger rail sharing policies.
Nothing about the modern car is freedom. You can't even offroad a modern car without proper modifications, how is it real freedom if you're stuck on designated roadways? The car cages the body like it does the mind.
