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> Nah, people with higher disposable incomes don't buy trucks either. Sorry I've missed a step. In your first comment I thought you meant buying a truck was pe
by roenxi 2y ago
> Nah, people with higher disposable incomes don't buy trucks either.
Sorry I've missed a step. In your first comment I thought you meant buying a truck was people status signalling that they were affluent. If you don't think that, what do you think is being signalled?
- darthrupert 2y agoThat they do real work?
- coldtea 2y agoWe already excluded that group: "Outside farming and certain professionals nobody really needs a truck"
- coldtea 2y agoAbove I'm answering to the propose explanation that basically "Europeans don't buy them because they can't afford them", so my comment should be read as: "nah, it's not that, as people with higher disposable incomes *in the EU* don't buy such trucks either". I just left out the "in the EU" there, to be implied by the context I was replying to. That said, I didn't mean to imply that "buying a truck was people status signalling that they were affluent" in the US. Just that they think (or made to think) they need it, and that they culturally like the extravaganza - same way many in the US think they need bigger cars and sneer at European sized cars.