Railcar8095 comments on Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Clearly not the onion. My right wing father (not Republican because we are not American and he's technically a monarquist) complains that cars are too expensive due to the mandatory security features. Features that he has on his fully equipped Porsche because he wants to be safe, obviously.

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[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

as someone from the country where porsche is native and where it owns their own political party.. owning a porsche is one of the clearest signs one can send that they are a massive asshole lol

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[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That's true in other countries too. Or a bmw.

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[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

bmw is like every fourth car here. you can joke they come without turn signals but its just a run of the mill car brand for all kinds of people

only a certain kind of personality gets a porsche

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

That tracks in America too, but a better example here is pickup trucks.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago

There a similar effect with Mercedes in the US: they mainly export their high-end cars here, not their economy cars. Therefore Americans associate the entire brand with rich assholes. It’s true enough within the US, but may not hold outside it.

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