You're very correct about the corporate thought control -- for years, GM employees were forbidden to buy anything but a GM car, and foreign cars were often vand

You're very correct about the corporate thought control -- for years, GM employees were forbidden to buy anything but a GM car, and foreign cars were often vandalized in Detroit. There's still a mantra that 'Americans don't buy small cars.', even with the success of the Miata, the Mini, the Civic, and so on.