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1. Anarcho_urbanist (anarchistbicycleclub@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jan-2022 19:09:19 UTC Anarcho_urbanist

   The dominance of automobiles in society is due largely to the past and continued intervention of the state on their behalf. There is absolutely nothing inevitable about cars as a technology, and most of this application of state power and resources is to make up for their shortcomings and suppress alternatives.

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   • Anarcho_urbanist (anarchistbicycleclub@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jan-2022 19:09:50 UTC Anarcho_urbanist

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     Btw, an example of this is the interurban network, which linked not only large cities, but small towns across the so called United States. Here's a map of electric railways on 1899 in Massachusetts, which is considerably better than any transit offered today. Interurban at the zenith of their technical development (which coincided with their ridership decline) could go 90mph. It's likely that without state intervention in the form of highway building these would still exist.

   • Anarcho_urbanist (anarchistbicycleclub@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jan-2022 19:09:50 UTC Anarcho_urbanist

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     It's also worth saying that the electric railway is much more efficient than the electric car. Not only are rails a more efficient way to move wheeled vehicles, but overhead wires have less energy loss and are likely less destructive to source than lithium batteries.

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   • secretspecter (specter@eattherich.club)'s status on Monday, 03-Jan-2022 19:22:05 UTC secretspecter

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     @anarchistbicycleclub history around here is we /ripped up/ 100 of miles of rails because of Capitalist Automobile Monsters. Which I understand is not uncommon on States. Fkn frustrating.

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     • secretspecter
     @specter @anarchistbicycleclub For a surprising media reference and some limited commentary on this, see Disney's classic cartoon/live-action film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"