• Glifted@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He’s probably not wrong. Makes sense to push for improvement regardless.

    • ewe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, best we can do is try. Make incremental progress. It has gotten better, at least in my small slide of the world. It still sucks for a lot pf the areas around me, but it’s not as bad as it could be.

    • user_AW11@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Dutch here:

      US should “fix” itself.

      • It is all about your “zoning laws” (change them first)
      • Weakest traffic participants in traffic (pedestrians and bicycle riders) are protected by law

      We had 2 “situations in the 70ties that helped”

      • OPEC oil crisis => (car-free Sunday)
      • “Stop de kindermoord action” => Stop killing of children (at least a few 100/year were killed)

      We didn’t change overnight, but the first things were done mid 80ties.

      My 2cts.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      This is my take as well. Jason’s got a bitter pill for me to swallow here, but he’s right. I will not live to see an unfucked America. There’s too many people attached to (and making money off) the status quo. But my kids just might if we work hard and consistently.