No one is forcing people to buy $75000 pickup trucks and German luxury cars as status symbols they cannot afford. US is always been about faking it until you make it, but no one is actually making it. I see the cars in the lot where I work, there is an inverse correlation between income and what idiots are getting into debt for.
If it was about the price of cars, then everyone would be driving a Nissan Versa, not a Ford F150.
Your disagreement has been noted. I’m not a fan of any personal mode of transportation besides e-bikes/e-scooters, and it pains me to defend the people who convince themselves they need a Ford F-150 - new (or otherwise) unless they actually are going to use it as intended.
I just don’t think Americans can be expected to think rationally and make sustainable choices. There is too much propaganda, and yes, too many people worrying about things like status symbols. Your frustration and perspective is completely valid, despite my disagreement.
I think debt as a concept is irrational and that people are being strongly coerced, in every direction, to make less than ideal choices. Of course they aren’t being forced, but what advertising/etc. does to us is proven in practice and also scientifically.
No one is forcing people to buy $75000 pickup trucks and German luxury cars as status symbols they cannot afford. US is always been about faking it until you make it, but no one is actually making it. I see the cars in the lot where I work, there is an inverse correlation between income and what idiots are getting into debt for.
If it was about the price of cars, then everyone would be driving a Nissan Versa, not a Ford F150.
Your disagreement has been noted. I’m not a fan of any personal mode of transportation besides e-bikes/e-scooters, and it pains me to defend the people who convince themselves they need a Ford F-150 - new (or otherwise) unless they actually are going to use it as intended.
I just don’t think Americans can be expected to think rationally and make sustainable choices. There is too much propaganda, and yes, too many people worrying about things like status symbols. Your frustration and perspective is completely valid, despite my disagreement.
I think debt as a concept is irrational and that people are being strongly coerced, in every direction, to make less than ideal choices. Of course they aren’t being forced, but what advertising/etc. does to us is proven in practice and also scientifically.