• novibe@lemmy.ml
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    Some of the push for “safety” has been responsible for cars lasting less and getting larger as well… but I’m sure this is NOT what they mean.

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    15 hours ago

    Furthering that they are indeed not the “Pro-Life” party but instead the “Pro-Birth” party.

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      13 hours ago

      Capitalism demands a high birth rate as well as a high death rate. They want a lot of people I their prime working years, and after that they want you to die.

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    1980s anti-seatbelt News segment: There’s no freedom no more

    Safety regulations, gun laws, and masks mandates: “This is an outrage! I am a libertarian. Get big brother out of our lives!”

    Invasion of privacy, inescapable surveillance networks that use live facial recognition technology, and a giant Palantir database that will contain every individual’s data and connections to friends, family, and acquaintances with zero oversight or regulations to keep track of who uses it or how it’s used (bc “libertarian”): “Stop being so paranoid. If you have nothing to hide you should have nothing to fear.”

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      Well I mean the bulk of the features they are railing about aren’t even currently in most cars, Emergency breaking seems about 50/50 on protecting you vs others (hits the brakes if it detects you mindlessly driving towards something), and then the system that prevents people from leaving babies in the back seat.

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      6 hours ago

      As someone who cycles, I sometimes think we should ban air bags and seat belts to level the playing field a bit.

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      They’re not missing the point. They are actively obfuscating the real point so they can use the issue to push their agenda.