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@paulg Terrible
Decelerationists are evil.
Trial lawyers are lobbying against self-driving cars because they're too safe. They need people to be killed and injured so that they have material for lawsuits.
I think @ATabarrok got this right in his original post. He criticized the trial lawyers, but he criticized them for what they are actually pushing for, which is the right to sue. Then I and others looked at this too hastily and misinterpreted it. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/trial-lawyers-lobby-against-autonomous-vehicles.html
Seriously can anyone try and justify this as anything other than pure protectionism?
This is a particularly evil form of rent-seeking https://twitter.com/atabarrok/status/2078500916068585927
Nice side benefit of self driving cars: trial lawyers are defunded and we can have more peace and better billboards.
JUST IN: Trial lawyers are lobbying against self-driving cars, arguing they threaten auto accident litigation.
This should make it pretty clear which is the right side of this issue
Trial lawyers are lobbying against self-driving cars because they're too safe. They need people to be killed and injured so that they have material for lawsuits.