tamalesfan

And then there is Trudeau... pure charisma, arrogantly certain of his establishment group-think and almost entirely incompetent.

> I get the sense that this kind of right-shifting after a few years in SF is not uncommon.

I'll believe it when it shows up in voting behavior. Nothing is going to improve until you change who you elect. Nothing at all.

FYI; someone camps out on my doorstep they're gone with one call; no debate. Your "homeless" problem is not a nation wide phenomena. This is you; the government you chose, the policies you voted for. No one else is at fault for this. It's you. Look around at what you made.

Literal whataboutism.

Automated systems are held to a higher standard. Telsa's Autopilot apparently has trouble spotting trailers and decapitates the occupants. Cite all the accident figures you want; it won't stop the reporting about Autopilot wrecks.

> So, if someone falls for a pyramid scheme they should be ashamed of themselves?

A little, yes.

Detecting 'too good to be true' is an important aspect of judgement. Blithely inculcating every claim when it aligns with self interest is at the root of many evils.

You can see it in the post; the test drive sold it. This isn't an anomaly. VW buyers cite that same observation over and over. They liked the performance; they were buying performance.

When some yob brings a gas powered V8 pony car home from the dealer we're all granted permission to sneer at the selfish fool. Yet somehow the millions of VW buyers that learned about the kick in the pants product with the respectable badge are all mysteriously exempt and entitled to absolution.

Not from me.

> As a former owner of 2 TDI dirty diesels

Sounds like you enjoyed your diesel hot rods for a good long while. You really should consider foregoing your martyrdom at some point; the well of sympathy for you isn't bottomless. Some of us can recall the years of self righteous VW owners lecturing the world about their little miracle cars.

You bought into a fraud. An honorable person finds a little shame in that, even when they can claim innocence.

You don't. The indirection designed into the EU to isolate the government from the governed is deliberate and there is no recourse.