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Matthew Muller's avatar

I entertained the thought of an automated car being brought to South Africa, where our Minibus taxi drivers commit violence against Uber drivers and ban them from their taxi ranks. This poor little electric car would be stripped of parts or burnt to a cinder faster than you could hail an Uber. The 3rd world has a funny, but terrifying, way of resisting these changes that disenfranchise their businesses. At least the one’s with weapons. During lockdown, minibus taxi drivers refused to oblige by nonsensical covid policies, and the govt could do nothing to stop them because these taxi drivers and their unions form one of the most extensive networks of crime and thuggery in the country, ready to cause mayhem at a moments notice. Ironically, the same people who nearly kill us every day we drive on the road may be the first point of resistance to both corporate and government over reach. I’m not saying I admire them, but as you rightly say, electric car services will not likely be adopted in third world countries because these established networks will never accept this competition.

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Robert Sagramati's avatar

Buonasera Leon,

First of all, Thank you very and so much for your excellent website but most important, the very valuable and important work you are are doing and totally agree and support your cause.

Read your last Newsletter that arrived today on VOC, and incredibly as the saying goes, HISTORY does REPEAT itself and your report is exactly what I also believe very much, are the "things to come"! Fortunately, we live a society that compared to Medieval times up to the totalitarian control by Dictatorial regimes of the WW2, it will not be "so easy" for the WEF, WHO, DAVOS and Company, etc. etc. to reach this "goal or objective" as easily as they "imagined". The actual proof of this is the botched plan to inoculate the World Population with an experimental serum that did not turn out as they had planned or orchestrated!! Well at least the majority of the sheep fell in the trap, fortunately people like yourselves, and me are far too aware of what's going on and can "see" the reality "behind the scenes". Anyway, wanted to compliment you all and considering the topic/subject on total control and Monopolization including housing, vehicles, etc. What do you think about "Uncle Bill Gates" buying up all the agricultural land and farms in the USA. Today's largets Agricultural land owner in the US with over 200,000 and more Acres, already in his pocket. Think he'll do the same like when he invested in "Pharma Research" and "VACCINES" ??? Hummm..... Overall, we will need to stop this, but need to be really all UNITED!!

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