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 (DIR) Post #9mxUjFZNKvqEkOjEOW by jine@todon.nl
       2019-09-15T20:16:02Z
       
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       #IAA When cars appeared in public spaces at the turn of the 20th century, mainly for the enjoyment of a privileged class, they faced a lot of protest. Wire ropes were pulled across the road, barricades of trees and rubble were built und nails or broken glass were spread. Children and teens in rural areas often threw stones towards passing cars.Doctoral thesis on anti-automotive protest forms in Germany in the years 1902-1932: Uwe Fraunholz, Motorphobia. Anti-automobiler Protest in Kaiserreich und Weimarer Republik, 2002 → https://digi20.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00046090_00002.html
       
 (DIR) Post #9mxUjFsAD4s1gfWEgC by jine@todon.nl
       2019-09-15T20:20:51Z
       
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       The attacks also appeared in advertisements for tyres. “Metzeler’s pneumatics are indestructible.” – Source: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1905 (via Fraunholz)
       
 (DIR) Post #9mxd6K2rf5PYvE2CLA by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2019-09-15T22:39:26Z
       
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       @jine Herman Hesse features a rather memorable passage on a similar topic in one of his books, though I'm trying to recall which.  Obviously contemporary, ~1920s or so.Pretty certain it's Steppenwolf.