[ChrisHyung]

Automakers are pushing SUVs and pickups to the American market because it makes them more money and it's easier to meet emissions standards. Cars cost less to buy and maintain, have stricter emissions standards, and don't create an arms race for a getting a bigger and higher seating vehicle, so you can actually see and feel safe when driving around inattentive drivers in giant unwieldy SUVs.

You can't change what people want without fixing safety regulations to account for the people outside the vehicle, instead calling it a day after 45mph crash tests.

Changing the polices that led to the SUV/pickup arms race just so automakers and dealerships can sell vehicles for higher profit margins is not dystopian/fascist. Pedestrians deaths are going up, smaller lower seating vehicles are becoming unsafe, and the climate crisis keep getting worse.