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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

In that case read it as "authoritarian boulevards". Top-down regimes love wide streets which can comfortably fit tanks and parades. This is not an original observation, fascist countries have had them too. Vietnam is a deeply repressive state with no opposition parties allowed.

But if you take the cars (and of course tanks) out of them, wide boulevards can be really pleasant places to walk. That's all I was saying.