this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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Fuck Cars

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Your hub for collection of materials that contribute to a world with less car ownership. Including buses, motorcycles, bicycles, skateboards, longboards, scooters, hoverboards, e-scooters, pedestrians, walking, running

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In this video, we will explore how lethal cars came to dominate social space, through examining what Ivan Illich called the 'radical monopoly' of the motor car.

0:00 Intro

0:10 The Social Ideology of the Motor Car

0:42 Car Harm: deaths and injuries

1:22 Ecological Cost

1:44 Why is the car treated like a sacred cow

3:50 Radical Monopoly

5:24 Illich Calculations

6:20 Sufficiency and Degrowth Solutions

8:22 Conclusion

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