Interesting, considering (motorized) public transit is not that old, and bikes are even newer (cca 80 and 20 years prior to the automobile, respectively, depending on location)
I know people do that and while this reframing is not exactly a lie, it’s interesting it works even when they are lumping walking (Homo erectus) and buses, trains, trams and presumably bikes (all 19ᵗʰ century) while excluding cars (basically early 20ᵗʰ century)
If all transport was bikes, trains and trams - you most likely still can get everywhere by foot.
If all transport was cars - not neccessarily; is what I think is the main thing that separates it from straight up deception
Yeah but public transit was a lot more affordable for most people for a long time. It was pretty recently that it became normal for most people to own a car.
Interesting, considering (motorized) public transit is not that old, and bikes are even newer (cca 80 and 20 years prior to the automobile, respectively, depending on location)
I think you missed the part where they are lying to the conservatives to get them on board with things that are actively good for them
I wouldn’t call it lying. The traditional means of transportation is walking, people have been doing it for thousands of years.
Unfortunately, conservatives are known to claim that things that have been happening for thousands of years are actually new
“Beware The GO-WOKE-GO-BROKE Walking Lobby©®™ Y’all! Theyre trying to tell us to start walking more like our ancestors did. Sometimes you can walk to a oublic transport spot! Or sometimes you dont AND THEN ITS FREE!? Wot?! And…wait…”
Reframing a topic in verbiage that’s amenable to your audience isn’t lying, it’s just not being a moron who knows how to talk to people.
I know people do that and while this reframing is not exactly a lie, it’s interesting it works even when they are lumping walking (Homo erectus) and buses, trains, trams and presumably bikes (all 19ᵗʰ century) while excluding cars (basically early 20ᵗʰ century)
If all transport was bikes, trains and trams - you most likely still can get everywhere by foot. If all transport was cars - not neccessarily; is what I think is the main thing that separates it from straight up deception
Is every tradition from before agriculture? “Traditional” doesn’t mean “from the time before homo sapiens.”
Yeah but public transit was a lot more affordable for most people for a long time. It was pretty recently that it became normal for most people to own a car.
IIRC Paris had horse-drawn omnibuses back in the 1600’s, but then they were banned by the aristocracy.
I’m counting mass adoption in the specific country (US)