Diego BarrosMay 26
Brian Vastag

Germany puts its business criminals in prison, in the US they get put in the Cabinet.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/26/four-vw-execs-found-guilty-in-trial-that-transformed-europes-auto-market/

Four VW execs found guilty in trial that transformed Europe's auto market | TechCrunch

Four former Volkswagen executives received prison sentences Monday for their role in the emissions-cheating scandal that fundamentally transformed

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Show threadCameron BoschMay 26
@brianvastag Only if they'rre MAGA! 😬
Show threadLeiyaMay 26
@brianvastag in China they get the death penalty. Which is a penalty fitting the crime.
Show threadHans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜May 26
@brianvastag @lisamelton it only takes one nerd to travel back in time and disturb the #trump wedding night
Show threadmorphMay 26
@brianvastag @hanscees
Not all of them. There's plenty of jerks who enjoy their jerkiness.
Show threadArnd LayerMay 27
@brianvastag
To me as a German this feels more like a fluke.
Show threadajfMay 27
@iamlayer8 @brianvastag also a weird spin to the story that because the cheating was detected, the cheating speeded up the path to electrification... You would think that if the companies had not pretended "clean diesel" was a thing, they could have shifted to something better sooner.