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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago

Lanes are a social construct

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

It's the biggest religion on the planet. Everyone believes the lines protect them. As long as everyone believes that, it works. But when you need help the most, it does nothing to protect you. It's just lines on some pavement, the people are the ones with all the power.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Nah, I'd say money/cash is an ever bigger religion. It only works because everyone believes it's value, and some of them don't drive.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Now that I think about it, so are roads

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

Rouds have material manifestations. The ground is different so driving there makes a difference. But historically, streets were the empty space between houses until the car industry lobbied to get the pedestrians out of the way.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Didn’t they have like horses and carts and shit?

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

Yes, true, and all used the streets equally. It was the car accidents and the victim blaming campaigns that blamed the pedestrians that invented the sidewalk. But roads existed before to get from one village to the next

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