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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by stouset on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:50PM (#24602447)
Perhaps one of the biggest problems with this country right now is that people are too damn selfish, and vote “in their own best interest” to the detriment of not only everyone else but—ironically—to the detriment of themselves as well.
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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by throwaway0a5e on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:56PM (#24602809)
On an issue that boils down to social consensus such as how much selfishness is reasonable or what the speed limits should be it's impossible for the overwhelming majority of people to be wrong since they form the consensus.
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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by Ericson2314 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:55PM (#24602480)
Most "selfish Americans" people would be more "wounded animal" selfish than "position of power" selfish. That's a big difference.
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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by noobermin on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:04AM (#24605538)
huh?
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Re:Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM by Ericson2314 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:21AM (#24607302)
One consequence is that we're in a low trust <-> bad social safety net feedback loop, rather than an innate consequence of a fixed "American disposition".

Jam one thing like through like Healthcare or Federal Rerserve accounts for all, and the feedback loop might find a markedly different equilibrium.

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