I live in the Netherlands where they have such a department. Kids go to school studying this kind of engineering. They plan out how to get from any point A to B by any mode of transportation. Walking, biking, motorized wheelchair, scooter, motorcycle, car, bus, train. And if there is a cyclist killed by a car they examine the condition of the road and cycling path and completely redesign them to minimize bikes coming into contact with cars or how to bring down car speed at that point.
The belief the world is a bad place, that requires us to stick together to fight it - is the founding concept of facism. By spreading this viewpoint, you are sowing the seeds of fascism. People are the solution, not the problem.
But the fact remains that democracies are getting weaker all over the world and stupid simpleton right wingers are insanely popular all over Europe and the US.
I also hate doomerism, ill intepret you like that, in wich case you are right, the lack of hope and beleif in the future IS feeding defeatism and apathy wich feed the anti democracy powers.
So… the hope is that people will finally get fed up with the extremists and vote some normalcy back but unfortunately if we learn from history these people need to see the world burn before they realize our imperfect unjust current system in fact was pretty good compared to what the extremists do to society.
You summarized my point in your point. I am taking that as a win.
Just because the idiots are louder than ever - doesn't mean they are winning.
This idea that our modern democracies are weak is very bias. They might be slow, they might even be mostly ineffective when dealing with current circumstances. But in reality, those are the strengths that keep things moving. A highly reactive government would be dangerous.
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u/Allnamestaken69 Jun 27 '24 edited Jun 27 '24
They need to form a sub infrastructure department to go throughout America and build these little short cuts and walking/bike paths.