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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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So, I don't know if you know this or not, but a majority of people want their cars. Nobody is forcing their use. Roads exist because people want their cars, and they want to be able to get places in those cars.
I want my car the same way I want to go to work tomorrow.
I want my car, and I want 100 others. I just can't afford all the cars I want. Most of the people I know also want more cars or sportier, more expensive cars.
So, in your view, a car is more like an accessory than a mode of transport.
It's an enabler of more. It allows me to transport me and my family to the movies when we want, it allows us to go camping, it also means we can easily traverse many shops and buy what we want without having to worry about how to get it home, etc.
When we buy groceries, we buy them in bulk and keep meats in a freezer out back, so it's easy to transport a whole trunk-load of groceries home.
It's as much as an accessory as that too. It's like clothing. I like my small 2 seaters, and as a family we like to drive around and play ingress/pokemon go, together.