[lbo-talk] RE: Technology not neutral

[John Thornton]

Walking the 125 miles from my house to my brothers would probably suck and 
take two days. While I can and have ridden my bike there that still takes 
almost 6 hrs. The fact that public transportation has its problems with 
reinforcing class differences is obviously an artifact of the currently 
existing conditions and not inherent in the technology itself.

John Thornton


>What's wrong with walking?
>
>You prefer cheap nuclear energy that will involve shipping nuclear waste 
>all over the country just to fuel public transportation? Public transit 
>may be better than a world where everybody drives a vehicle, but even 
>public transit has its problems. In Washington, DC, the Metro system has 
>become a primary engine of gentrification, as well as a system the 
>reinforces existing class and race differences.
>
>Chuck0
>
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