I don’t think that’s naive.

The us have influenced many aspects of european life in one way or another, same for most of the world. To influence =/= to be the only reason for.

I guess for the same reason we need annual car inspections.

Probably something along the lines of : people cant be trusted to keep an eye on their vehicle’s condition and we don’t want any more pollution and accidents than there already is.

I think it also helps keep vehicles healthy for longer, even though that effect is negated by the fact that we’re getting pushed to replace perfectly functional cars with electric ones…

Get out of here with your non-manichean views!

Didn’t know sealioning was even a thing until now… This may explain a few interactions I had on Lemmy, I’m also very susceptible to that stuff

Thanks for this, I missed their comments before deletion.

Good on you for your thinking capacity as well, that seems to be getting kinda rare…
Let’s hope and assume it’s a “empty vessels make the most noise” type of situation.