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From: dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1)
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Subject: Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:25:34 +0000
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:58:55 +0000, Bruce wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:18:50 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 9:06:14 +0000, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:59:59 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
>>> <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>That was indeed part of the rationale for building the interstate
>>>>highway system.  Along with bolstering the economy (always an
>>>>American favorite) and reducing fatal accidents.
>>>
>>> It doesn't matter what the American rationale was. All I'm saying is
>>> that the western world doesn't need inspiration from the Nazis to
>>> build highways between its cities.
>>
>>I was talking about America and American roads, not the Western world.
>
> Soon you'll be talking about Hawaii.
>
>>My point was the American interstate was inspired by the German
>>Autobahn. There's nothing surprising about that. The Nazis wanted a high
>>speed roadway network for military reasons and so did the Americans.
>
> "Autobahns were actually designed more for show, employment, and
> national unity than for practical military use. Many of them had
> winding routes that looked beautiful and impressive but weren't
> optimized for fast army transport."
>
>>suppose that might be surprising but that purpose is included in the
>>official name of the US Interstate.
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
>
> It's all moot. All I'm saying is that, also without the nazis the
> western world -including, lo and behold, America- would have had its
> highways.

If you're saying that roads would have existed without the Nazis, I'm
inclined to not disagree. Yoose gets the last word.