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		throwaway0a5e on Nov 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Kit that converts a Classic Mini into 80kw elect... Politicians ban irrelevant things all the time because the number of people pissed off is small compared to the number of virtue points scored.

smogcutter on Nov 6, 2020 [–]

Hard for something to score “virtue points” if it isn’t, at least in some respect, virtuous.

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