• j4k3@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Nah, the politicians asked around, the automaker lobbyists blamed the device, some intern-slave wrote a halfass bill, and no one cared to stop fundraising as little power prostitutes long enough to question it.

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          1 year ago

          I mean, you could argue they still care about the issues, just not enough to do something more effective and difficult.

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      Quite possibly the latter part, at least. It’s a sales job to be a politician.