America might have walkable cities and a robust public transit network then, more enjoyable cities and possibly lower housing prices. The way the auto lobby completely transformed 99% of American cities into auto oriented traffic jams is kind of sad.
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Exhibit one for Austin's original point.
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Austen. Damn autocorrect.
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they actually were nearly outlawed in the UK.. Hence UK never became a leader in car production
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really? Also they criticized Karl Benz when he invented it too.
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ridiculous attempts in regulation reminds of attempts to regulate bitcoin, you have a very high chance to miss the reality. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_traffic_laws …
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government drowning innovation, politicians don't understand free markets, parasites with no use at all.
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when cars started being around in the late 1890s in many states they had crazy regulations that basically made them illegal, because they "scared horse carriages"
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even still with 120 years less bureaucracy, red flag laws slowed things considerably, and is considered to be the difference between development in the US vs across the pond
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They wouldn't be invented altogether. Whoever would develop an engine that wastes in heat 70% of the energy intake + releases toxic harmful emissions
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Cars being forced into prominence by a few people is one of the greatest US tragedies. Led to sprawl and many other issues Read “Happy City” — great overview on this and many other urbanism issues
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Not to say cars are bad, just saddening that most American cities lack the vibrancy of dense walkable cities with rich public transit that you see in Europe + Asia.
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Same with cigarettes.
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Horse Uber would definitely lobby them into the ground
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I have a thought experiment: “if you could un-invent one thing, what would you choose?” It’s usually either the internal combustion engine or the electronic amplifier
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I can't tell if that's a slur against cars or against lawmakers.
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