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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

Failure

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Marshall McLuhan suggests that people value their personal cars because they provide a rare private space for solitude and reflection. Because mass transportation lacks this privacy, it will struggle to succeed in North America where individual alone time is highly prized.

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