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I believe that it will take generations of time and effort or a cataclysmic event to even begin to fix some of the issues with America, both about the car question and more generally. It's still worth trying, but your time and effort are more wisely spent on mainly supporting revolutionary movements in other countries, especially since the creation of the internet, and putting a smaller amount of effort towards local politics and real life agitation and organizing in America. Education, on the other hand, is well known to be uniquely ineffective on Americans who are always consuming large quantities of counterrevolutionary propaganda, and efforts to educate Americans should always follow a comprehensive assessment of whether you would be better off nailing all of your toes to a wall, making iced tea from a plucky collection of polished stones, or reading the graffiti on the sidewalk with your tongue. Always know your American's propaganda diet before attempting to educate them.
Omg 😂😂 this is so true.
Now, I'm all for education. And I'm all for educating. I can't help but try to help people understand things. But the US environment, especially, is generally not conducive to learning. It's conducive to bickering. Over the most serious shit. While the ruling class plays with it's horses on its ranches.