This is the kind of 'institutional misalignment' I'm most irritated by. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/trial-lawyers-lobby-against-autonomous-vehicles.html
Wtf .@ATabarrok: "So with thousands of lives annually in the balance who is against autonomous vehicles (AVs)? Trial lawyers. Remarkably the trial lawyers saw the writing on the wall very early and the have been lobbying against AVs for nearly a decade!"
@sebkrier Grotesque
Many users expressed outrage at trial lawyers lobbying against autonomous vehicles, calling the effort blatant protectionism and sociopathy to preserve insurance revenue over safety gains.
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@sebkrier True sociopathy that these pussies dress up as respectability. I have so much more respect for a prostitute or crackhead than a person like this.
@sebkrier Though lots of forms of protectionism hurts lives in indirect ways. This, in particular, is obscenely blatant and infuriating.
@CarMarinkovic @sebkrier Everyone already knew trial lawyers were scum of the Earth
@sebkrier system gatekeeping asf lol
Wtf .@ATabarrok: "So with thousands of lives annually in the balance who is against autonomous vehicles (AVs)? Trial lawyers. Remarkably the trial lawyers saw the writing on the wall very early and the have been lobbying against AVs for nearly a decade!"
This is the kind of 'institutional misalignment' I'm most irritated by. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/07/trial-lawyers-lobby-against-autonomous-vehicles.html
@sebkrier Grotesque
Many users expressed outrage at trial lawyers lobbying against autonomous vehicles, calling the effort blatant protectionism and sociopathy to preserve insurance revenue over safety gains.
Based on 6 visible X reactions from 12 accounts; directional sample.
Ask a question below.
Published answers will appear here.
