People are dying in America™ because it’s not profitable to save their lives. I’ll take any other country’s nationalized healthcare system over our profit-driven model.

Warning: politics, off topic

I’d rather throw money away trying to save lives rather than take them. 

If you can’t, then a gigantic SUV is probably not the car you should be driving.

Nor I. Except for Jalopnik, I’m mostly done with this place. And Kinja is past fucked-up . . .

Unrelated:

If by “left leaning” you mean I want my kids to have breathable air and land to live on that’s not poisoned and/ or underwater then yes, i guess I’m left leaning.

The blog, especially among its commenters, is left-leaning, particularly with all things Trump.

The blog, especially among its commenters, is left-leaning, particularly with all things Trump.

Well, they could side with the California states, which are pushing for a higher emissions standard. Siding with the Trump admin, who are pushing for a lower standard, is literally a

Literally nothing about this is communism or even socialism. Not everything that isn’t pure free-market capitalism is communism. Hell this isn’t even not capitalism. It’s just crony capitalism designed to maintain an oligopoly by favoring the longest established producers via regulatory means.

Funny how the list of States above is largely home of the free market ‘have you read the Constitution’ Freedom Caucus blowhards.

So lets get this straight here.

I live in a major city so the only time I do drive it is on a 70 MPH expressway (public transit and walkable cities are cool).

If I can easily handle 85 mph speeds through the Appalachians in my 55hp flatbed I think the American people can handle a hatchback making 178hp.

I disagree. I think the new one is a big upgrade, with the exception of the concentric grill... But it's still better than the beak

Yeah, but nuthin’ says ‘Murica like a wall, now does it.

Yes, though this isn’t a facelift; it’s a generational change.