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Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:58AM (#38049844)
> I know smart, very adequate people who point out that efficient public transport, planning for walkability and (consequently) restricting private vehicles are policies that benefit authoritarianism.

  I know smart, very adequate people who point out that the automobile, and the   planning and building it requires, is a device that benefits authoritarianism. Without it, people are free to walk or ride a horse wherever they feel like, but the automobile makes them dependent on government to be able to get around. And any government that lets them get around could stop them getting around, whenever they feel like it.
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Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law by strogonoff on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:27AM (#38125573)
> I know smart, very adequate people who point out that the automobile, and the planning and building it requires, is a device that benefits authoritarianism. Without it, people are free to walk or ride a horse wherever they feel like,

Good luck walking or riding a horse hundreds of kilometres in one day—or, in fact, just daily commuting to the other side of a typical modern city that was planned for cars almost exclusively.

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