alt Hacker NewsWhat does this have to do with them being American? You do realize nothing much happened to VW in Europe, I hope.
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sgarland • yesterday at 2:57 PM
Jail time [0] and billions of dollars in fines is “nothing much?”
0: https://apnews.com/article/volkswagen-germany-diesel-emissio...
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dleslie • yesterday at 2:59 PM
The American Justice system. Many no longer trust in its willingness and ability to enforce the rule of law.
VW executives went to prison:
https://qz.com/dieselgate-sentences-handed-down-1851782440
I do not yet know if there's wrongdoing here, but even if it was screaming bad, all US government enforcement bodies have been gutted and made completely subservient to the will of the president rather than their legislatively mandated mission, under a novel "unitary executive" philosophy.
Further, that unitary executive is completely corrupt, and has already been paid off by Meta. Ukraine is a model of clean government with proper anti-corruption investigations and teeth compared to the US.