Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.

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• Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • America
  • Alone
  • Car