• FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Ah, so this is basically mandating that your unicorn needs to be painted pink…

    I suspected car ownership would be low, but I didn’t know it was THAT bad though.

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        9 months ago

        Well usually I’m in the fuck cars camp, especially as I’m pretty much forced to bicycle everywhere.

        In a rich western country, low car ownership would be great. But cars are also an indicator of personal and economic prosperity. Car ownership is good ‘to a point’ so to speak.

        Since the per capita gross national income of Ethiopia is barely above a thousand dollars, I don’t think they’re making informed decisions vis-a-vis car ownership. They simply can’t afford them. Heck, they can barely afford a bicycle I imagine.