Flying vehicles might be racist, “undermine democracy” and switch off the setting – what is the level?
Guest “I couldn’t invent this type of slate if I tried” by David Middleton
From Enviromarxism Central …
Flying cars will undermine democracy and the environment
By Kevin DeGood May 28, 2020
Introduction and summary
Recent advances in lithium-ion batteries have opened the door to the development of flying cars.1 At least 20 companies are currently working on novel designs, including both large aerospace companies like Boeing and Airbus and smaller startups.2 An analysis by Morgan Stanley estimates the global market for on-demand short-haul flights to the city could exceed $ 850 billion by 2040.3
Unfortunately, flying cars represent the technological apotheosis of urban sprawl and the attempt to eradicate distance as a fact of life for elites rich enough to routinely lose the bonds of gravity. Proponents offer a utopian vision of seamless comfort and efficiency that offers broad societal benefits. The inevitable reality is that flying cars provide benefits to direct users while exacerbating the geographical isolation of elites – a spatial manifestation of increasing inequality that undermines the shared experiences necessary to sustain democracy. In addition, removing the distance as an obstacle to metropolitan development and land use has profound negative consequences for the environment.
The desire for transport-related isolation is not new. In the 20th century, interstate highways served as a conduit for segregation of race, ethnicity, and income. The combination of the expansion of the car ownership and the supporting infrastructure made it possible for the developers to open up huge stretches of land around the city center. By reducing distance friction, highways acted as a centrifugal force on cities and, through urban sprawl, undermined the racist integration that political movements and courts wanted to implement.
Flying cars threaten to exacerbate the socio-political as well as ecological corrosive effects of urban sprawl and segregation by eliminating the distance altogether.
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Center for American Progress
This morning Mrs. Middleton and I saw our recording of the last episode of Gutfeld! when the flying car headline appeared in the Fox News scroll. She had to rewind it several times to confirm that it was indeed as stupid as it first appeared. So we got the research department (me) on the case … See there, the article was real … and a year old … So I apologize if this was published on WUWT last year.
If the ChiCom Shamdemic and November 2020 coup weren’t bad enough … Now that we’re on the verge of finally getting the flying cars we should have 21 years ago, the culture of demolition denies us the opportunity to eliminate the distance altogether ”… well… I am…
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