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LT Barclay

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4. Because no one wants to address the underlying problems. Our communities aren't built for mass transit. But they also
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 11:01 PM
Aug 2024

aren't built for mental, physical and social health. Urban areas don't have enough open space, suburban areas are car dependent and socially isolating, often with limited green space.
But the bigger factor is that no one can use mass transit if they are working a so-called 40 hour week. But no one wants to face down corporate greed. We'd need another FDR to have any real chance of turning things around (albeit it is probably too late). We need green, walk-able communities with functional mass transit and shortened work weeks to make it all desirable, and practical.
Ever seen the Disney movie "Tomorrowland"? It wasn't a bad movie, but the media didn't like the message. Same with Johnny Depp's "Lone Ranger". The "Devil's Due" episode of Star Trek TNG was on target also, but I don't believe there is anything that can convince enough people of the immediacy of the problem.
Although recently I'm wondering if the 1% do see the immediacy and think that a last minute money-grab will keep them going through the disasters to come?

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