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Surur t1_j1vap0a wrote

Reply to comment by fitandhealthyguy in Driverless cars and electric cars being displayed as the pinnacle of future transportation engineering is just… wrong. Car-based infrastructure is inefficient, bad for the environment and we already have better technologies in other fields that could help more. An in depth analysis by mocha_sweetheart

I have a strong feeling the anti-car movement is being driven by impoverished young adults who were forced to live with their parents (50% of young adults in USA these days) and who can't afford a car.

Now they resent that the bus does not stop at their neighbourhood and they still have to bum a ride from their parents to do anything.

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mocha_sweetheart OP t1_j1w84ki wrote

Doesn’t people being dependent on cars prove the point though? They don’t want to be dependent on cars anymore.

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Surur t1_j1wc39m wrote

Sure, but its a minority of people, and what they really resent is being poor.

The r/fuckcars movement is part of the general anti-capitalist movement, pushed by young, idealistic, poor people who feel they have less opportunities than their parents.

It's full of rage but little thought, very unfocused and unpractical. Like tantrums by toddlers really.

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