Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month
Truck purchases are driving up the average cost of car payments. Some buyers pay over $1,000 a month
Large trucks are the third-largest vehicle sales segment in the U.S., after compact and midsize SUVs.
More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds.
More than 1 in 5 shoppers in seven other states — Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah — are also forking over more than $1,000 for their vehicles each month.
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… and that’s how America brought back slavery: volunteers.
I don’t really see how signing up to make payments on an expensive vehicle equates to slavery
I believe they are using a literary device called hyperbole to illustrate the wage-slave relationship to consumerism in modern socioeconomics.
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.
As they ignored reality https://www.motorbiscuit.com/ford-f-150-most-popular-car-rich-americans-making-200k-dollars/
Hyperbole and literary devices aren't really helpful or clever when you ignore that the owners are quite wealthy.
Maybe you should look up the definition of slavery
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.