under communism, there'd be no SUVs, because there's no rational reason to build SUVs

is there any better metric for economic superiority

@izaya I believe there are individually rational reasons for a person to want a SUV.

@izaya
Consider a driver who lacks confidence when driving, and feels afraid of other cars.
It's probably not common, I doubt more than 10% drivers would be like that.

Lack of confidence leads to indecisiveness. An indecisive driver poses a danger to themselves and others.

If giving such person a SUV makes them confident because their car is big and proteccs them, then by giving that 10% people SUVs, you improve safety for everyone.

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@izaya of course this breaks down as soon as people start buying SUVs for an ego boost. There's certainly more than 10% people that want to boost their ego.

@wolf480pl you have to remember that the marketing of SUVs in the US was literally appealing to the lizard brain "what if I need to run over a gang member"

@izaya well that's stupid. The person should just buy a gun instead. It's US afterall.

@wolf480pl yeah but capitalism; why just sell them a gun when you could sell them a gun, a car, and a bigger fuel bill

@izaya ok, so how do you propose a communism would solve this?

@wolf480pl there's no good reason to build SUVs so they wouldn't get built in a planned economy

@wolf480pl it was, of course, a shitpost following seeing another accident caused by a soccer mum in a massive SUV while I was shopping today

@izaya sorry but my hobby is to take unfunny shitposts and treat them seriously

@wolf480pl don't worry you're european I understnad

@izaya

In fact I think shitposting is a US colonial tool.

It's not joking, it's not sarcasm or irony... it's not even meant to attract attention or to produce a feedback.

It's shitting into the global noosphere, just like many company pollute the biosphere.

A very US thing, indeed.

@wolf480pl

@Shamar except @izaya is from Australia

@wolf480pl

That's how colonialism work, indeed. 😉

@izaya

@Shamar @izaya
That's some strong claims you're making, and strong claims require strong evidence. What do you have to back up your point?

@Shamar @izaya
Actually, let's first make sure we're on the same page:

You're saying USA (actually who? the government? the companies? the nation as a whole?) is *knowingly* and *intentionally* introducing shitposting to the western cultural sphere in order to gain influence over other countries?

@wolf480pl

No.

I'm arguing they are mindlessy polluting the global noosphere because they can (slow language barrier). And they can do so mindlessy because they are an imperialist nation.

@izaya