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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Not a tankie, nor a communist, just a progressive with an interest in history, but,

after I pointed out that people had to be on the waiting list just to get a car. What if the person lives in rural with no access to public transport?

Is such a US-centric view. They all didn't need to drive cars, dude, they had public transportation.

Edit: Added emphasis for people having trouble reading

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you think that every single person in Europe is perfectly served by public transport?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

No but the person you replied to called out a specific scenario in which the person lives in a rural area with no public transport access which is a real thing in every single country, with good public transit or not.

The concept of someone not having access to public transit isn't an American centric point of view.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, busses were relatively common and affordable, but many of them were smelly and horrible. Except for the Icaruses, the passengers of which felt like kings among men.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Not all countries have good public transport system. Imagine living in Siberia at the time of the communists, unless you're in gulag which doesn't require you to travel to other places.