In America, being [free] means taking freedom away from someone else. If everyone is equal, then all are equally free, and the only way to get an advantage is to artificially cripple your competitor.
Cars make you free because they trap children behind adult-gated transportation. Get it? Can't walk. Can't take the tram. Can't bike. Have to ask mommy for a ride. Freedom!
You can drive in a walkable city, but you can't walk in a drivable city.
You know you're really [free] when your ability to reach your bank and your food depends on thousands of dollars of capital investment.
It's not like Americans really believe in the car or disbelieve in it. They believe in doing what they're told. Again, very [free]. Ideally, you do what you're told without having to be told first. A great servant anticipates his master's needs. In short, GM gotta get paid, and making sure faceless bureaucratic megacorporations get lots of money is just what an American is for.
Gotta cut off that nose; how else are you going to spite the face?
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