Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
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In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Where is lawbreaking not just visible, but designed to be seen? Where is antisocial behaviour worn as a badge of honour? Where is pleasure gained directly from causing distress? And where is reckless endangerment often ignored by the police or treated with the mildest of punishments? The answer is on the roads.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I’m reminded of the anti-union poster suggesting not paying union dues, rather buying a game console instead.

    valid.

    After the 2024 election it appears that Americans genuinely cannot think further than their own impulses.

    depressingly accurate.

    I just don’t see it as upper class vs lower class, as much as polluter enthusiast class vs. the rest of us who like breathing