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   Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 03:11:36 JST Bill

   "The slaves of developed industrial civilization are sublimated slaves."

   Herbert Marcuse

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     K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌ (rory29@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 01:39:13 JST K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌

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     @bmacDonald94
     that makes them/us look like very organised ants?
     WOW

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     Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 01:39:59 JST Bill

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     • K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌

     @Rory29 ~ I have been in that traffic, an ant does it better my friend. 😂

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     Maddad ☑️ (maddad@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 01:52:44 JST Maddad ☑️

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     Wow... they would rather sit in that over taking a train , bus, or subway..😂

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     Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 01:54:14 JST Bill

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     • Cindy Weinstein

     @CindyWeinstein ~ I attended several of his classes during my undergrad years at UCSD. His and Angel Davis thoughts still ring true. Thank you for the comment.

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     Cindy Weinstein (cindyweinstein@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 01:54:15 JST Cindy Weinstein

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     @bmacDonald94

     Don't often see Marcuse here. Thanks for the post.

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     Mensch, Marina (energisch_@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:06:05 JST Mensch, Marina

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     @bmacDonald94 Imagine, we'd put all those people (mostly only one person in a car) onto a nice comfy passenger train. Or even two or three, for different directions. So much spare ground & a lot less stress, aggression, almost no emission.

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     Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:07:19 JST Bill

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     • Mensch, Marina

     @energisch_ ~ I am not sure that LA could stand the withdrawal fro the automobile. 👍

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     Cindy Weinstein (cindyweinstein@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:12:21 JST Cindy Weinstein

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     @bmacDonald94

     Lucky you!! You are welcome. And Happy New Year (though the Marcuse admittedly puts a bit of a crimp in that!).

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     RedAlert (Michael) (freigeist62@nrw.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:25:06 JST RedAlert (Michael)

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     @bmacDonald94
     This!

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     WAH (redbob111@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:44:00 JST WAH

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     @bmacDonald94 Originally the automobile was a fantastic “vehicle “ allowing freedom!!
     How quickly it became a trap.

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     Mensch, Marina (energisch_@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:59:20 JST Mensch, Marina

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     @bmacDonald94 or soft, take busses not trains.

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     Mensch, Marina (energisch_@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 02:59:21 JST Mensch, Marina

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     @bmacDonald94 best hard detox ;-)

     Bill repeated this.
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     CEDunn (cdunnpasadena@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 03:03:22 JST CEDunn

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     @bmacDonald94
     Does anyone know where this is? I spent a while looking at the “satellite” view of the 405 and couldn’t find anywhere with this many lanes (21). The closest I got was 17 in Sherman Oaks

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     Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 03:11:49 JST Bill

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     • CEDunn

     @cdunnpasadena ~ I have changed the image. More people worried over that than the quote. Using the Santa Monica freeway instead.