Tesla has added another brazenly stupid new entry to its dubious safety record.

  • jwt@programming.dev
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    3 hours ago

    How is this even legal? If a toaster manufacturer introduces a setting “kill neighbour’s dog” it would get sued into oblivion.

    I swear, America’s got issues man…

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        No.
        Oligarchy has waxed and waned throughout US history. It’s latest rise has only been over the last 50 years or so. They were kept thoroughly in check for 40ish years before that. It was after Nixon’s pardon that they realized they might be able to get away with it again.

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          Yes I gave an overly simplified version… but the essential meaning is the same. Every gain was immediately lost, oligarchy is still 100% the description.