we're seeing the destructive effects of corporate socialism, in my opinion. the european union's transition to electric wasn't just for the sake of being hippies; the goal was to phase out a problematic energy source that isn't its own and switch to clean energy that can be produced locally. but with everyone saying it's important for the economy, important for politics, vw and other firms were shielded from every kind of hardship, and they went on finding their way in an artificially created market where fierce competition had been eliminated. the electric cars they made just because the eu was pushing them, they made deliberately ugly and weird, because they were losing money on each vehi…