• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    God I fucking hate stealerships. If car dealer cartels in the US as a concept die as a result of this era of idiocy we’re in, that’s a pretty great silver lining.

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      3 hours ago

      Want wasn’t it regean that made it a law you couldn’t buy directly from the manufacturer because he was buddies with people who owned major dealerships. And it just stuck since then.

    • doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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      11 hours ago

      We have one of the most car dependent societies in the world and also the highest car prices. Burn it down and deregulate.

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        Deregulate? So corporations can enslave you completely? Huh?

        Where did Americans get this idea that regulation is holding you back? Probably the same “think tanks” that convinced so many they were poor because of immigrants instead of… as usual… the wool being pulled over your eyes by the wealth addicts…