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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I'm liberal. Open source EVs I can own and without the nonsense overhead of corrupt manufacturing. New ice vehicles are proprietary connected garbage too.

Without standardization where parts are second and third source available, and any shade tree mechanic can service it, this is a dystopian nightmare with no future. This stupid oversight is poised to create extreme poverty and wealth disparity. Every connected proprietary car has no long term value and will never be some kid's first car. It will never be the single mom's car, or the elderly man's. All of these people and circumstances are what have been sold out to lower levels of poverty than anything witnessed in over a century. I care about these people. Fuck proprietary cars and all authoritarians on the Right and Left. Intelligent people are liberal and smart enough to say I don't have all the answers, and no one else does either. People with strong opinions and bold answers are the biggest monsters, harming everyone on the margins outside of their limited perspective view. I'm all for effective solutions, but I'm not selling autonomy and self determination to get there.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I will preface this saying that I respect Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, I would gladly vote for him in my riding.

Though it sounds like you’re concerned about the lower amounts of repairability in evs, the loss of manufacturing to Chinese automotive companies and tankies and fascists misleading the Canadian public. All are valid concerns.

However I think you’re mistaken as the horse-theory does not apply in every context, Ireland has as many as 9 political parties and is functioning as a state fairly well. Also I have accounts on Fedia, infosec and Lemmy.cafe. I’m pretty much strongly anti-tankie.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I know. I just don't like the anti lib rhetoric.

It probably has more to do with my situation and survival. My fam is lib-Right -ish. I'm lib Left. To me, liberal is "liberty for individuals." Fuck businesses. Those are not people. Those have no rights. Killing them is an honorable pastime. Like you have a right to an upper middle class life in relative freedom. Beyond that, fuck off, you have no more rights and only a weight of crushing responsibility.

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