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[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 47 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Furthering that they are indeed not the "Pro-Life" party but instead the "Pro-Birth" party.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism demands a high birth rate as well as a high death rate. They want a lot of people I their prime working years, and after that they want you to die.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

Plus they need a constant flow of young bodies to fight their Economic Stimulus Wars. It's either that or massive incarceration. Got to get rid of the competition for the breeding age females.

[–] Tehbaz@lemmy.wtf 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Anti-woman.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

1980s anti-seatbelt News segment: There's no freedom no more

Safety regulations, gun laws, and masks mandates: "This is an outrage! I am a libertarian. Get big brother out of our lives!"

Invasion of privacy, inescapable surveillance networks that use live facial recognition technology, and a giant Palantir database that will contain every individual's data and connections to friends, family, and acquaintances with zero oversight or regulations to keep track of who uses it or how it's used (bc "libertarian"): "Stop being so paranoid. If you have nothing to hide you should have nothing to fear."

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh republicans, always missing the point

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're not missing the point. They are actively obfuscating the real point so they can use the issue to push their agenda.

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

agreed, but what is the agenda here? I’m not arguing I’m just curious what you think.

Is it reducing liability costs? I imagine making car manufacturers more responsible could cause a heavy financial burden

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's basic libertarianism. They want to get rid of all regulations and let businesses do whatever they want. The bottom line is all that matters to them. They want to remove the requirements for these safety features will make it less expensive to manufacture cars, but it won't lower the costs. Manufactures will just pocket those savings without passing them on to the consumer. And then they'll move on to removing more regulations.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not even libertarianism at this point. I don't have a name for it; part stupidity, part bravado, no compassion, no responsibility.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Isn’t that the definition of libertarian?

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The point of cars is the manliness of danger haven't you ever seen fast and the furious?

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I honestly don't understand why "shareholder value" has not already demanded something like this, given how formulaic most "leadership" actually is.

I think I know the reason, and the entire narrative is mostly bullshit, and instead the wealth that companies generate is set up to be extracted by a very, very few and they sit on each others' boards and set up their own compensation, etc...

[–] CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Well the CEO is typically also a large shareholder. They are compensated with shares in addition to salaries. The idea is that they will ensure shareholder value because it also increases their pay.

Not saying I like it, just explaining why they hurt CEOs

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some of the push for “safety” has been responsible for cars lasting less and getting larger as well… but I’m sure this is NOT what they mean.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That's the part they like because their donors are oil companies.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Recent related video from a channel that helped radicalize me: Not Just Bikes

Keep these Stupid American Trucks out of Europe

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

yeah, whatever. doesn't affect me too much.

I will continue fixing up my piece of shit old cars until I literally cannot get parts for them, and by then there will probably be an actual viable alternative for me that isn't a 2018 shitty-tech infested nightmare with poor visibility, bloated size, and headlights that will get people killed

[–] reggu@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Some think they covet our deaths for a plausibly higher profit margin, but they are obviously incorrect. True prosperity is their having the freedom to throw our lives away, not that they would.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Strap Rafael Cruz to the bumper and run another test.

[–] X@piefed.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Republicans steadfastly remaining poster children for the dangers of their most prominent pastime: unrestrained inbreeding.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Are you Elon Musk? If not, disregard. Otherwise, hey, fuck you.

[–] Xopher@piefed.social 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If only we could put some of them in these "Freedom Cars" for a nice drive.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

As someone who cycles, I sometimes think we should ban air bags and seat belts to level the playing field a bit.

[–] shapeofthings@piefed.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Ahhh, a cyclopath.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Well I mean the bulk of the features they are railing about aren't even currently in most cars, Emergency breaking seems about 50/50 on protecting you vs others (hits the brakes if it detects you mindlessly driving towards something), and then the system that prevents people from leaving babies in the back seat.

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Wow, I actually agree with the Republicans for once.