Creating a law to restrict the personal use of cars and requiring everyone to use public transportation would be as unthinkable as revising the laws of gravity. There are some forces so fundamental that we have no control over them.
What makes this analogy unsound?
1
Societies do have control over the laws they make.
2
Controlling personal car use takes minimal effort.
Rules and laws always have some exceptions.
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The correct answer is 2. Controlling personal car use does not necessarily take minimal effort. It could require significant effort and resources to implement and enforce such a law, including the creation of an efficient and accessible public transportation system. This makes the analogy unsound because it assumes that controlling personal car use would be as impossible as revising the laws of gravity, when in reality, it is a matter of social and policy choices that can be implemented with effort and resources.
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