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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff
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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.

-- 
Bruce
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