[aerohead]

' if you look at it very broadly, the public designs the kind of cars we manufacture.' Dr. Paul MacCready, April, 1990.
As of 2021, Americans owned $ 1.4-trillion in automotive financing debt.
Loose credit, zero-down, your first-born male child, and payments for the rest of our lives have allowed the un-washed masses to enjoy a 'standard of living' (sic ), way beyond their means.
Debt, usury, and life near bankruptcy appears to be perfectly acceptable in this contemporary America of endless hedonic adaptation.
Obey your television!