Humans around the world are widely ensconced in a narrative of progress that says successful people are those with discrete property and expensive cars for getting around in private ways.
We are several generations into this exploitative, dangerous feedback loop. It has become normal and frowned upon to want to want something other than to drive.
To move away from cars, we need a new story of success based on harmony, synergy, and reciprocity with each other, and especially with the natural world.
https://youtu.be/qqiG7tYxD1Q?si=SMlKkS6xBquUerO-
Rethinking Car Dependency in American Cities: Understanding Global and Local Perspectives
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans
Changing Car Culture Can Benefit Our Health and Our Planet
Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/31/23579510/car-brain-motornormativity-study-ian-walker
How Toxic Masculinity Drives Car Culture - Women in Urbanism Canada
https://www.womeninurbanism.ca/words/toxic-masculinity-drives-cars
https://tracklocross.medium.com/lets-talk-about-car-ideology-d3a267b1d552