• EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    may I propose periodically inspecting and auditing if the subject needs the truck and if not they are shot on the spot?

    Or, for a serious answer: ban them but not the trucks like those used in Europe (have same or better bed length but look uglier). Make trucks back into work vehicles instead of status symbols. And firebomb GM.

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      2 months ago

      either one of these would work, i’m more curious as to what market forces would need to be manipulated to make it a thing.

      Maybe we just have to wait for new EV manufacturers to pop up making a small truck. It would actually benefit them as well.

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        2 months ago

        market forces trend towards using people’s fragile masculinity to sell them big truck to make money.

        The only way we can get these shitstains out of our society is to completely and violently maim said free market with an axe.

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          2 months ago

          i doubt it. Market forces trend towards selling cheap products with high margins, which smaller vehicles would easily fit the bill for.

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              2 months ago

              yeah, and it seems to be mostly because of regulations surrounding wheelbase and emissions. I think it’s a secondary market effect where people are buying them because its the only real option.

              If we were to restrict or remove them, and fix the apparent issue with regulations, i would imagine people would go back to buying smaller cars as they’re cheaper and more economical.

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                2 months ago

                It’s not the only real option tho. First of all a vast majority of those buying big trucks and cars don’t need a truck and aren’t hauling shit, they are buying them for a status symbol, second of all vehicles that are legal in Europe, with their stricter safety standards etc, are legal in the US, you can buy the smaller vehicles I’m talking about in the US or other places, they are available, yet market forces still push towards the shittier massive vehicles, because it makes more money to market these vehicles to insecure men.

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                  It’s not the only real option tho. First of all a vast majority of those buying big trucks and cars don’t need a truck and aren’t hauling shit, they are buying them for a status symbol

                  that’s not what most truck owners say, but maybe they’re coping hard. The second technicality here would be vehicle safety, but these vehicles are obviously more dangerous, so maybe they should be or are more expensive to insure than the average vehicle because of that.

                  second of all vehicles that are legal in Europe, with their stricter safety standards etc, are legal in the US, you can buy the smaller vehicles I’m talking about in the US or other places,

                  obviously, but this is discounting the native American auto manufacturing which the US generally has a massive boner for, both it’s people and the government, people still buy euro cars, but unless they manufactured domestically like subaru for example, they’re going to be more expensive.

                  yet market forces still push towards the shittier massive vehicles, because it makes more money to market these vehicles to insecure men.

                  this specifically is the companies wanting to sell more larger trucks with more features, as it makes them a bigger margin. There’s a massive slog in new vehicle purchases at the moment as they car market is normalizing post covid. It’s possible they’ll pick up later, it’s possible they won’t it’s hard to tell.