[jtaft]

Assume we lived in a communist society instead. How would you view the problem differently?

[code_duck]

Act to prevent maiming and killing customers and the public even if it costs the company more money?

[inamberclad]

I'd say that Tesla is unfairly putting the burden of defective vehicles on consumers and externalizing the cost of their failures.

[dieselgate]

It's a quote from Fight Club

[tempestn]

You'd be less likely to recall, because there's no longer a risk of lawsuit.

[jtaft]

Interesting,

In either system I don’t think I would take resources used for lawsuits into account and get the vehicles fixed (or replaced, until they are safe).

We have the responsibility to care for each-other.

[inamberclad]

Why would a communist society not have a risk of a lawsuit?

[trevorhinesley]

The reality is, we likely wouldn’t have this particular problem because we wouldn’t have Tesla. Capitalistic incentives are what drive that kind of innovation. We would, however, have a whole slew of other problems, as evidenced by historical attempts at communism.

[jtaft]

I think humans are curious beings.I don’t think it would stifle innovation. Quite the Contrary, more effort will be spent on useful innovation rather than profit seeking.

[defrost]

If only we lived in a world that had alternatives to US "capitalism" and Soviet "communism".

But alas, these are the only possibilities. /s