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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by dragontamer on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:29AM (#20715487)
Senators use the DC Metro and Stock Market traders in NYC use their subway.

Big Subway systems in big cities are pretty famous for seeing executives in suits and celebrities sit in the same bus as beggars.

> ill gotten gains

That's... quite an assumption you're making there. Sure, some execs are assholes. But most true wealth is driven through cooperation.

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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by rpmisms on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:04AM (#20715860)
I think he's making the morally dubious jump to say that corporate profits are immoral.
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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by whenanother on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:19AM (#20716033)
nothing wrong with corporate profits. the problem lies when a corporation is being used as a money laundering and tax evasion scheme. and a boogie man that wealthy people hide behind.
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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by whenanother on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:06AM (#20715880)
and your are mistaking the working class with people with wealth.
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