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[-] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 12 points 1 month ago

It's not quite so straightforward. The United States has a deeply broken culture (hyperindividualism, for one thing), and these giant vehicles offer individual balm for the systemic rot. That's why we can them emotional support vehicles.

[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Over here they say: small man syndrome. Or compensation model: small dick, big car.

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