I read an interesting article once that talked about how cars are a luxury product that are only desirable if no one else has any. With loads of cars you can no longer travel faster than others or even particularly fast
edit: found it https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/
Car companies absolutely love conflating the actually-enjoyable experience of driving through a scenic, winding country road with no traffic with the shit we all do 95% of the time, which is sit in the same god damn traffic every single day to and from work.
I read an interesting article once that talked about how cars are a luxury product that are only desirable if no one else has any. With loads of cars you can no longer travel faster than others or even particularly fast
edit: found it https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/
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Car companies absolutely love conflating the actually-enjoyable experience of driving through a scenic, winding country road with no traffic with the shit we all do 95% of the time, which is sit in the same god damn traffic every single day to and from work.
The thing is the vast majority of drivers find anything other than a straight lane terrifying
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