Well I wouldn’t attempt to say it’s justified, but from their point of view with a priority on control, stopping a car from doing 100mpg makes perfect sense. If you take the cost of energy or fuel out of every product you buy, they’d all be discounted by 90%. And you would only need to work 5-10hrs/week instead of 40-50 in order to pay your bills. Societies priorities and interests would shift 180 overnight for better or worse (likely better).
Eg. If you took the total fuel and electricity cost out of oil exploration and refinery, gas would cost $0.10/gal and all food prices would drop by half or more.
It's hard to play devil's advocate looking at it in that light. They just seem irredeemably horrible.
a boot stamping on a human face..... forever
That’s the government for you. Their intentions are almost never beneficial.
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