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minus-squareBonsoir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoMaking using car uncomfortable and unreliable should push people to abandon it for other means of transportation.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoThis isn’t how to do that. This is a one time inconvenience that gets somebody arrested. If you want less reliance on cars, bigger societal changes need to happen.
minus-squareApocalypteroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoAnd how does the average joe bring about social change?
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoWith planning and a steady hand. It helps to not hang out at McDonald’s afterwards.
minus-squareApocalypteroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoIndeed. I think, historically, the best way for the average joe to bring about social change is protest.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoOrganized protest is good. One guy going to play in traffic is less good.
Making using car uncomfortable and unreliable should push people to abandon it for other means of transportation.
This isn’t how to do that. This is a one time inconvenience that gets somebody arrested. If you want less reliance on cars, bigger societal changes need to happen.
And how does the average joe bring about social change?
With planning and a steady hand. It helps to not hang out at McDonald’s afterwards.
With great difficulty.
Indeed. I think, historically, the best way for the average joe to bring about social change is protest.
Organized protest is good. One guy going to play in traffic is less good.