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minus-squareBonsoir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoMaking using car uncomfortable and unreliable should push people to abandon it for other means of transportation.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoAnd how does the average joe bring about social change?
minus-squareApocalypteroid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIndeed. I think, historically, the best way for the average joe to bring about social change is protest.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOrganized protest is good. One guy going to play in traffic is less good.
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoWith planning and a steady hand. It helps to not hang out at McDonald’s afterwards.
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 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.
With planning and a steady hand. It helps to not hang out at McDonald’s afterwards.