Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month ( www.nbcnews.com )

Eegra , 10 months ago

… and that’s how America brought back slavery: volunteers.

Falmarri , 10 months ago

Maybe you should look up the definition of slavery

JJROKCZ , 10 months ago

I don’t really see how signing up to make payments on an expensive vehicle equates to slavery

Entropywins , 10 months ago

I believe they are using a literary device called hyperbole to illustrate the wage-slave relationship to consumerism in modern socioeconomics.

JasSmith , 10 months ago

Hyperbole is taking an example and making it more extreme. Voluntarily trading one’s labour for money is the opposite of slavery. It just appears they don’t understand what slavery is.

ShittyRedditWasBetter , 10 months ago

As they ignored reality motorbiscuit.com/ford-f-150-most-popular-car-rich…

Hyperbole and literary devices aren’t really helpful or clever when you ignore that the owners are quite wealthy.

ShittyRedditWasBetter , 10 months ago

Oh no, I’ll tow my car to the track in my in cooled massaging seats, but fuck me I’ll have to work 30 hours next week and only get to retire at 55.

Most people buying these trucks are very well off.