• Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Little weirdos are obsessed with the US. Buy whatever you want, why they gotta try to make this about America when this is just about European buying habits?

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      11 months ago

      As an American living in Europe that travels back and forth every year, I can assure you that this trend is absolutely led by the Americans.

    • TheMurphy@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Do you honestly think they care about the US? They are just saying no to big cars. That’s it.

      Not many people know the US even has a habit of buying bigger cars than in Europe.

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        11 months ago

        It’s in the article, isn’t it? If they weren’t writing American flame bait, it would just be about European buying trends. You don’t have to say they are rejecting anything.

        Neither of the SUVs I’ve owned were American. The Germans were happy enough to make and sell one of them while the Koreans made the other.

        I’m just tired of articles being written like it’s a rejection of American ideals when it probably isn’t a factor on anyone’s mind at the time of purchase. Rage bait, pure and simple.

        Peoples reaction to my post kinda demonstrates why it works, though. They are so anti-american that being called on the unnecessary inclusion of us in the headline gets people upset. Don’t let your media turn us into boogiemen for the cars that some people buy. We do enough real shit to get mad about without making up stuff.

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      11 months ago

      The Guardian is making this about the American… The Paris vote was framed around big cars (“SUV”).

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      11 months ago

      We love many great trends from youe coumtry: your music, your TV shows,… Some of us also love some not so great trends like your oversized cars. You don’t have to get on your high horse to spite us, we can do it ourselves.