Comment on New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds

• rafoix@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Libertarians are just people too dumb to understand code requirements in every industry and profession.

  The only thing libertarians understand is that they can make more money if they charge a full price for a half-ass job.

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  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “too dumb to understand code requirements in every industry and profession.”

    Or selfish. Unfortunately Hanlon’s razor can only cut so deep.

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• SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hyperloop!

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That one pisses me off so much. We could have had a high speed rail with actual throughput instead of claims of something better before nothing

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And of course their constant insistence on inventing vehicles that already exist but labelling them as a different vehicle, with the capabilities of the already existing vehicle, and somehow insisting that it is a revolutionary idea.

    Hey guys look at my cool idea for a train that doesn’t need rails.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a libertarian, that’s just not true. Elon Musk isn’t a libertarian either, he’s just an opportunist.

  The libertarian solution to things like regulations is court precedent. Setting that precedent should be the job of the attorney general and a jury, and the legislature should only make broad laws.

  This hopefully cuts down on government corruption since it’s theoretically harder to buy off a jury than legislators.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Man this comment is so fucking naive.

    And no, that’s not libertarianism. What court precedent would out libertarians give a shit about following? And how do you enforce that with anything other than violence?

    Congratulations, you just re-invented government.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What court precedent would other libertarians give a shit about following?

      Most libertarians aren’t anarchists. It’s a big tent, but your average libertarian doesn’t even have an end goal in mind, they just want to move in a direction that prioritizes personal liberty and reduces the scope of government.

      For example, most libertarians are in favor of:

      • eliminating TSA, and returning security to airlines and airports
      • reducing size of the military, and closing foreign bases
      • eliminating any restrictions on marriage, and even removing the federal government from marriage (should be a private/religious thing)
      • balancing the budget, mostly through cuts (eliminate whole agencies and departments)
      • simplifying the immigration system and expanding immigration quotas for work visas

      Those all share a theme, reducing the scope of government. The goal isn’t to eliminate the government, but to reduce how much the average person needs to care about it. The job is done once people can do what they like (provided it doesn’t harm anyone else) and not worry about politics.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Right. And surely all libertarians will always agree about which parts of the government need to be reduced.

        Every time this shit is tried, it is a miserable failure. At best, they spend years learning the hard way as to why regulations exist. Regulations that were already written in blood, they just can’t be bothered to read the history about them (or they refuse to believe it if they don’t witness it themselves).

        One recent example: vox.com/…/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libert…

        Also see Sam Brownbeck’s adminstration in Kansas:

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_experiment

        npr.org/…/as-trump-proposes-tax-cuts-kansas-deals…

        cbpp.org/…/timeline-5-years-of-kansas-tax-cut-dis…

        motherjones.com/…/kansas-repubicans-gop-small-gov…

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• kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did you just take a complete left turn into politics land?

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This article is about automotive regulations. It was never not politics.

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They didn’t reply to the article, they replied to a comment about Tesla making dumb choices.

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      • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Tesla is ran by a Libertarian who is making everything worse. So it fits.

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