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CR makes a good point. If everyone is Hitler, then nobody is Hitler. I watched a Netflix series that started with the VW cheating, and I found it both informative and divisive. Why taint an otherwise good summary of how the scandal unfolded by throwing in an unrelated clip of Hitler speaking?
As I've said, VW is wrong to deceive people, but I find it hard to care much when there are tons of diesel trucks spewing orders of magnitude more pollutants. One of those trucks passed by the other day, and I grinned at the fond association I have with that smell.
The main problem I have is that the company didn't violate the public trust, individuals did. Companies make no decisions; humans do. Individuals need to be held accountable in addition to the punitive penalty paid by VW.
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