There's something infuriating but also deeply sad about how many people contemplate the standard American life -- roads, pavement, parking, SUVs, strip malls, suburbs, fast food -- and conclude, "well, that's just what consumers want! It's just how Americans are!"
"Americans just intrinsically want to drive through suburbs in giant, hostile, aggressive, unsafe, quasi-military vehicles that kill tens of thousands of people a year. It's our National Character™️!"
It just seems like lots of people would rather say, "actually, I like this shit" than admit that American life has been shaped at every level, right down to hearth & home, by the profit motives of corporations & the manipulations of the public relations industry.
I mean ... I guess it is kind of embarrassing.
Guess Americans just intrinsically love cars. 🤷♂️ 
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