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Also worth noting how the car industry fought their damndest against safety features. After Ralph Nader published Unsafe at any Speed, the car industry set the
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
Also worth noting how the car industry fought their damndest against safety features.
After Ralph Nader published Unsafe at any Speed, the car industry set their goons after him. Blurb from Wikipedia
> In response to Nader's criticisms, GM attempted to sabotage Nader's reputation. It "(1) conducted a series of interviews with acquaintances of the plaintiff, 'questioning them about, and casting aspersions upon [his] political, social, racial and religious views; his integrity; his sexual proclivities and inclinations; and his personal habits'; (2) kept him under surveillance in public places for an unreasonable length of time; (3) caused him to be accosted by girls for the purpose of entrapping him into illicit relationships; (4) made threatening, harassing and obnoxious telephone calls to him; (5) tapped his telephone and eavesdropped, by means of mechanical and electronic equipment, on his private conversations with others; and (6) conducted a 'continuing' and harassing investigation of him."[12]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed