06-05-2018, 12:23 PM
(06-05-2018, 11:09 AM)creative Wrote: So all people that own cars are "privileged people" and some how look down on people who do not and are therefore branded elitists!
Please make an effort to understand what the other person is saying. No one could reasonably in good faith read what I wrote and conclude that I thought all cars owners looked down on others.
But as to the specific issue, yes, car ownership marks one as a relatively privileged person compared to the majority who do not have a car (probably not a majority in this country, but world wide certainly, and even here a larger fraction than is commonly and implicitly assumed). Not the same kind of privilege as possessed by royalty or multi-billionaires, obviously, but being able to make an appointment across town on a moment’s notice by just popping in the car and driving over there does in fact make one privileged. Even “just” needing to go to a medical appointment across town can be a significant hardship for somebody with extremely limited resources.