I guess our car is not our private space anymore, and we are not given a choice when buying a car from Volkswagen.

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    10 months ago

    Then your stock crashes in spite of your good sales because trading bots short your stock as you said negative things about the new thing in vogue and are thus considered “unable to innovate”. Some other company acquires yours despite the good actual sales you might be having, and before you realize, what was once your company is back on the current hype train.

    The system works because no one man, not even a “powerful executive” can change it easily.

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      10 months ago

      I take my ill-gotten gains and fuck off to another country, perhaps the USA, and buy up a small little-known automotive start up that has some promising IP. When my car company is bigger than all the others combined, I don’t spread the love around, but instead allow them all to stew in the juices of their mistakes. While I’m at it, I might buy a social media company and do everything possible to run my entire empire into the ground.