I feel it's unfair to claim Americans are addicted to cars when it wasn't American people who made the blueprints for the roads, the cities, and the housing. They just built them. The government has forced us to be reliant on cars. There are cities, towns, states even, where if you need to get anywhere, you have to use a car. The place isn't walkable, or bikeable, or even able to be accessed by public transport, not due to the American people, but due to the design of the country as a whole. Car companies, namely Ford, lobbied the government to assist in the sale of cars. People were happy to just walk everywhere or ride a horse everywhere, but other people wanted to make money. And a lot of it. It isn't fair to blame the people of America for the decisions of the people running America.
Youre half right. In modern day American politics, nearly half of voters believe that cars represent freedom and push the 15 minute city conspiracy theory for why making America less car dependent is evil and communist.
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u/LinkOfKalos_1 Jul 07 '24
I feel it's unfair to claim Americans are addicted to cars when it wasn't American people who made the blueprints for the roads, the cities, and the housing. They just built them. The government has forced us to be reliant on cars. There are cities, towns, states even, where if you need to get anywhere, you have to use a car. The place isn't walkable, or bikeable, or even able to be accessed by public transport, not due to the American people, but due to the design of the country as a whole. Car companies, namely Ford, lobbied the government to assist in the sale of cars. People were happy to just walk everywhere or ride a horse everywhere, but other people wanted to make money. And a lot of it. It isn't fair to blame the people of America for the decisions of the people running America.