Cars are one of the biggest scams and money pits in western society. So much of our personal and civil resources are used to maintain cars and the infrastructure necessary for them. While I do love the act of driving cars and find them cool as hell, I really wish I didn’t have to rely on one to work and survive.
You’re onto something here, playing with the mark fisher quote, cars are so important for our current paradigm of society that it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of cars.
The solution proposed by our genius billionaires is to replace fossil fuel cars with electric cars lol.
“COmmUNiStS WilL taKe YoUr TOOtHBRush!”
Meanwhile, Capitalists, for some fucking reason:
Also, I never understood why toothbrushes and razors are always used in these strawman “commies taking yer stuff” fear mongering. Like, of all the things that could be made communal, those are pretty much dead last on the list. It’s literally a biohazard to share them with other people and I can’t think of a single instance in socialist societies of those being widely communal used ever.
You’re forgetting the postface to the fourth German edition of Capital. You can be forgiven because Engels refused to have it printed:
The French publisher asked to divide this work into a series, so that it be easier for the working class to read. I told them what I will now tell you: knowing the eagerness of the German working class, they will not be satisfied if they have to wait for the next instalment; they will want to rush to the final chapter to learn how we plan to create a giant communal toothbrush, following the production of other comically giant household items.
Scamming bastards.
I have a friend who bought a used SUV and 3 weeks in the engine was spewing oil into the spark plugs because the piston walls were cracked. Luckily he was inside the warranty on the engine and the dealership was on the hook. Instead of trading him for a different vehicle they keep changing out engines while paying for his rental car. They are now installing the FOURTH engine into the vehicle as the others all died immediately. Lmao. Instead of just cutting their loss and trading for a new vehicle they have now burnt more money on engines and time working on this thing. Lmao. Capitalism is dumb as shit.
Imagine if they did this with plane tickets wtf
Oh wait they do
I have no idea how any legal system can see overbooking and not immediately classify it as fraud. A ticket is a binding legal contract, yes? Saying that a service will be provided at a specific time? So if you intentionally sell tickets and you know for a fact you can’t honour all of them simultaneously, how are you not distributing fraudulent contracts, which is illegal?
Easy. Is the system paying people to not see it as fraud?
