In this video, we will explore how lethal cars came to dominate social space, through examining what Ivan Illich called the ‘radical monopoly’ of the motor car.

0:00 Intro

0:10 The Social Ideology of the Motor Car

0:42 Car Harm: deaths and injuries

1:22 Ecological Cost

1:44 Why is the car treated like a sacred cow

3:50 Radical Monopoly

5:24 Illich Calculations

6:20 Sufficiency and Degrowth Solutions

8:22 Conclusion