Well you certainly aren't wealthy, but you do seem like an asshole.

Agreed. I was lucky to be under the circumstances that I was under. I still would like to know whether their steering wheels locked up and extra details, just because I am curious.

I wish they would tell us the details too. My first car was an older Navigator (hand me down from mom when she got a new car)—one day on the freeway while going over 70 it just shut off completely. All I had to do was stick it in neutral and coast it onto the shoulder where I came to a slow and easy stop, parked,…

What does that have to do with cronyism? That just sounds like greed/business to me. I just said they probably know how to use their equipment. What you just cited is for an entirely different conversation.

I guess I assumed when you were talking about the west you were talking about the US in general (which is usually what people do when they criticize the "west" for something everyone in the world does on the internet) so I apologize for my cynicism.

Well yeah obviously... That happens worldwide as people in positions of power are more likely to trust those close to them. It is not exclusive to any region or demographic. But I find that it is far less likely to run a business into the ground or provide useless service-people (firefighters being a prime example) in…

So you are saying the fire departments in the West would not be able to put out a fire due to cronyism?