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Marshall McLuhan

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.

Marshall McLuhan

Alone

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Marshall McLuhan suggests that people value their personal cars because they provide a private space for solitude and reflection, which mass transportation cannot offer. This need for individual privacy makes widespread use of public transit unlikely to succeed in North America.

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