Originally Posted by
tandempower
You are just too defensive about automotive culture critique. Why won't you acknowledge what it is I'm actually saying, which is that a motorized vehicle is handy in some situations, but that there are too many now, too much pavement, too much sprawl, and not enough opportunities for greening, LCF, and healthy recreation that is accessible without driving? This is not 'anti-car' but rather pro-LCF sentiment. I acknowledge the usefulness of driving, but as a much smaller proportion of total transportation/travel than is common today. Why do you have to talk about 'anti-modernism,' 'greenpeace politicians,' etc. instead of just acknowledging there are different POVs on this topic?
It's really simple. We all live in the modern world. Even so, there has always been a tension between what's new and respect for traditions and what is being given up. And then, there's this other group-- they're not traditionalists because they'd never want to go back, sacrificing all of the conveniences of life, but refuse to buy into the system and instead, as Moore observed, cloak their campaign against modernity -- their "anti-industrialism, antiglobalization, anticorporate" ethos, to live instead in a Leftist-inspired, fantasy Utopian world. Carrying on under the umbrella of LCF is just because it's a lot easier that bending the ears of dropouts living in a homeless encampment who probably will agree with them.