@divclassbutton @ekuber @jwz @quixoticgeek Cars are marketed as signifiers of personal freedom. Just turn on the TV and watch the ads, look for car ads that show the drivers commuting to work in heavy traffic … you won't find them, will you. Instead it's all winding roads in beautiful countryside and no other vehicles!
@cstross
more perversely are the ads presented in an urban setting, with few if any pedestrians, cyclists, stop signs or signals, but most especially other ~~cars~~ light trucks, let alone enough to constitute "traffic"
@divclassbutton @ekuber @jwz @quixoticgeek