what an insight — "North Americans go outside typically to be alone, and go inside or go home to be social. The rest of mankind go outside to be social, and home to be in private and alone."
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"The motorcar in North America has a very strange function. It is used for privacy, not so much for transportation as for privacy. North Americans go outside typically to be // alone. Since there is no privacy in the American home, the motorcar takes up that role."
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So accurate. For some of us it’s the only time in the day we are alone.
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I totally buy this!
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Yes, absolutely. There is much sociology dedicated to the peculiar privacy of the car, its windows turning the outside world into a tv show
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Are convertibles covered under this privacy domain as well?
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