• Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It’s not suburbanization and the automobile, it’s a political system based on money-for-access and lobbying, where whichever entity has more money always gradually gets laws and habits changed in a way that advantages them, inexorably.

    Large scale long term societal enshittification as a mathematically unavoidable by-product of unfettered capitalism.

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      3 months ago

      Both things can be true bro. Yes, it’s unfettered capitalism in the macro. In the micro, when it comes to how American cities have disintegrated, suburbanization and the automobile are two clear culprits.

      No offense, but this is a really obnoxious and unhelpful reply to a post about how suburban sprawl and car-centric infrastructure have really ruined life in the American City. Js.