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How Jaywalking Became a Crime

Dropout · Comedy · 3 min · 2015 · YouTube title: The Real Reason Jaywalking Is A Crime (Adam Ruins Everything)
Why it's here

HN uses it as shorthand for the argument that car dominance was manufactured by deliberate propaganda.

What it covers

An Adam Ruins Everything segment claiming that jaywalking became a crime through campaigns by the auto industry. It is a short, comedic history of how streets were reclaimed for cars.