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That provides an explanation for why the consumer might choose to buy from a dealership, but not a reason for why they must. In fact, said bill still allows Tes

That provides an explanation for why the consumer might choose to buy from a dealership, but not a reason for why they must. In fact, said bill still allows Tesla to sell direct-to-consumer, so the lawmakers couldn't even find a reason to not let consumers make a choice in the general case, only if buying from a set list of manufacturers.

calvinmorrison 3y ago
> That provides an explanation for why the consumer might choose to buy from a dealership, but not a reason for why they must. The same could be said of basically anything. Consumers could choose to do anything. Suppliers anything. Now we are anarchists. yay! But we don't we live in a heavily regulated society, and what seems to work fairly well is having a dealership system. Now we could just remove the word dealership and require OEMs to provide everything that the dealership does, and I would be fine with that, but IMO this is a shorthand for that.
- randomdata 3y ago
  The same is said about everything, although we recognize that the concentration of capital enabled by giving certain actors in the economy an unequal advantage is more efficient for the economy as a whole than it is for everyone to be equal. But dealerships run contrary to that. They see distribution of capital away from the OEMs in an equalizing way. This is recognized and understood by lawmakers, which is why the Teslas of the world are still free to do as they please. The question is really: What's special about GM, Ford, etc.?
  - emodendroket 3y ago
    There’s no Tesla dealer to get angry and demand his governor take action against them.
- antisthenes 3y ago
  > But we don't we live in a heavily regulated society, and what seems to work fairly well is having a dealership system. This is a simple just world fallacy. Most of the times the reason something exists is that it's the best available alternative, but there are definitely times when a systems exists because it is entrenched regulatory capture and rent-seeking, e.g. dealerships and healthcare insurance. You have to critically evaluate complex systems on a case-by-case basis and see where the money flows to make a determination whether it's good for society as a whole.

calvinmorrison 3y ago

> That provides an explanation for why the consumer might choose to buy from a dealership, but not a reason for why they must. The same could be said of basically anything. Consumers could choose to do anything. Suppliers anything. Now we are anarchists. yay! But we don't we live in a heavily regulated society, and what seems to work fairly well is having a dealership system. Now we could just remove the word dealership and require OEMs to provide everything that the dealership does, and I would be fine with that, but IMO this is a shorthand for that.

randomdata 3y ago
The same is said about everything, although we recognize that the concentration of capital enabled by giving certain actors in the economy an unequal advantage is more efficient for the economy as a whole than it is for everyone to be equal. But dealerships run contrary to that. They see distribution of capital away from the OEMs in an equalizing way. This is recognized and understood by lawmakers, which is why the Teslas of the world are still free to do as they please. The question is really: What's special about GM, Ford, etc.?
- emodendroket 3y ago
  There’s no Tesla dealer to get angry and demand his governor take action against them.
antisthenes 3y ago
> But we don't we live in a heavily regulated society, and what seems to work fairly well is having a dealership system. This is a simple just world fallacy. Most of the times the reason something exists is that it's the best available alternative, but there are definitely times when a systems exists because it is entrenched regulatory capture and rent-seeking, e.g. dealerships and healthcare insurance. You have to critically evaluate complex systems on a case-by-case basis and see where the money flows to make a determination whether it's good for society as a whole.