Post #3708629

2026-07-10 04:12 UTC

Orwell's dystopia was walkable. He could not have imagined anything as bad as a society built for cars instead of people. And, FFS, oil literally funds global fascism. It is the lifeblood of the movement. Hitler's obsession with making every German a driver and getting rid of bikes was not a coincidence. He *hated* bikes. Fascists almost universally hate bikes and mass transit while praising cars. This shit is actually extremely bad and makes for a society that's easier to control. And people still seem to think Elon Musk's mobile surveillance boxes will save the world. Cars are fascism all the way down. Bikes and bike infrastructure makes for a society where you see and interact with other humans *all the time.* Cars and car infrastructure makes for a society where you interact with machines instead of humans. Cars make people more isolated, which makes people easier to control.

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@Hex@kolektiva.social 2026-07-10 04:21

That's not even getting into my perennial favorite thing to point out: civilian reliance on cars unifies the interests of the population with the military. US military domination of other countries *relies on cheap oil.* (And also the petrodollar, so oil use globally). If your life is dependent on cheap oil, then you are more likely to support invasions that promise cheaper oil, or oil subsidizes to drive down prices. But wait, there's more. The auto industry itself is a fungible asset for the military industrial complex. Factories that make cars can pivot to making tanks and aircraft during war time (as they have). The existence of this infrastructure increases the probability of war.

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@Hex@kolektiva.social 2026-07-11 03:43

Oh look, someone wrote the "cars are fascist" essay I wanted to write and it's pretty good: https://brockpress.com/editorial-is-the-automobile-fascist/

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@sasek@101010.pl 2026-07-11 08:02

@Hex@kolektiva.social before cars everything was bike infrastructure

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