Re: I'm really starting to like this stuff

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:
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 9:06:14 +0000, Bruce wrote:
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:59:59 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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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.

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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.

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I was talking about America and American roads, not the Western world.

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Soon you'll be talking about Hawaii.
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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.

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"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."
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suppose that might be surprising but that purpose is included in the
official name of the US Interstate.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System

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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.