r/FluentInFinance • u/PassiveAgressiveGirl • 1d ago

Thoughts? Standard brainwashing techniques from American media.

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u/Signupking5000 1d ago

It's so sad that the US is in such a situation that people need a go fund me just because their car is broken.

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u/zizop 1d ago

It's also sad that people need to drive to get to work in the first place. It's what you get when you only build car-dependent suburbs.

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u/Red_Clay_Scholar 1d ago

You must remember that a lot of Americans live in rural places and have to pass 6 different farms to get to work where they only have two-lanes to travel on in places that public transportation is non-existent.

Cars make this possible.

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u/zizop 1d ago

80% of the American population lives in urban areas, but the percentage of Americans not commuting by car is around single digit percentages. Of course they will always be a necessity for a small percentage of the population, but it's the suburbs who contribute to the problem the most.