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I think cars was the single most stupid "evolution" for humanity. And when maybe we had an out (prioritizing public transports, because fossil fuel is running out), then what... ELECTRIC CARS FOR EVERYONE. Cars take up so much money and space and energy... And the time that you should gain thanks to your car is just lost in transportation time, because now you can (and have to) live farther from work / friends / family / activities.

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Conversely, cars made it possible to:

- Live outside of dense urban environments while still working in one

- Travel to visit friends and family not living down the street

- Not be dependent on shaky public transport infrastructure (US)

- Travel where public transport isn't available

Everyone owning a car might not be the most efficient or pleasant solution, but certainly there are more productive attitudes to have than "cars are bad and I hate cars because they're bad".

You just can't imagine how dense and efficient the public transport network could be if humanity didn't invest trillions over trillions of dollars into cars and car infrastructure.

Cars are bad and I hate cars because they're the worst idea humanity ever had.

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