Cars represent freedom. Automakers have preached and marketed that philosophy for more than a century, ensuring the automobile became indispensable to the American identity. However, over the last several years, these same companies have begun to undermine that gospel. They are pursuing new revenue streams and maximizing shareholder value in terrifying ways, turning their expensive products into essential parts of the growing panopticon, forcing people to purchase a piece of the police state that could be used against them at any moment.
