GuiltyandCharged

GuiltyandCharged t1_jb31kr1 wrote

Reply to comment by N8CCRG in Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001. In contrast, the share of transit, non-motorized, and taxicab trips has steadily increased by giuliomagnifico

Anecdotally I'm from a well off area of New England and less than fifty percent of my friends in their mid 20s own cars.

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GuiltyandCharged t1_j139fge wrote

Reply to comment by MaxChaplin in Anarchism at the End of the World: A defence of the instinct that won’t go away by Sventipluk

It is very insightful to equate charisma with a form of wealth and domination. To live free from the tangles of politics and government, it takes a creative resourcefulness to manifest opportunities that often hinge on those with authority, ironically. In my travels, living as a permanent immigrant (i would say expat but that word has a strange connotation these days) from the US, I am saved over and over again by my ability to persuade and adapt to all situations. Some form of generational wealth likely aided that process, which is not negligible, and it is a high bar to expect others to live the way I do; I am paid well to do online freelance work that took significant education to acquire, because I had connections in the company who I also bargained with for better pay.

So you're absolutely right and I'm guilty of using that system which the world silently condones, as a means to grease the wheels of its behemoth machinations.

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