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[-] Steve@communick.news 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What we have is a transportation economy that's been planned by car companies. From demonizing "Jay Walkers", to buying trolley companies to shut them down.

Even today, where small trucks stop being produced in order to avoid emission restrictions. Along with marketing, that falsely claims improved safety of the larger, more expensive, more profitable large trucks.

Whenever a market is dominated by a small enough group of companies, they start planning how it will work.

this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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