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  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It was so he could pay it in Iceland instead at a 46% tax rate, as thanks to his home country for the free education he got. He's also got a project devoted to installing 1500 accessibility ramps all over Iceland.

    As people to pick fights with go, Elon could not have picked a worse target. This guy's like a national hero over there.

    • Parzivus [any]
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      2 years ago

      Unrelated, but its very weird to me that the US is one of the most handicap accessible countries in the world. Having briefly visited the UK once, it's very surprising how few ramps, automatic doors, etc there are. You'd think it be a higher priority given that its really not that hard to do and makes a big difference for a significant portion of the population.

      • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        There was a really big push for the ADA back when Americans actually had some influence in American politics

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        2 years ago

        Here in Stockholm at least they are trying to gut every accomodation possible, cutting travel services to blind people and telling them to just memorize train routes, while also removing audio announcements from train platforms for being a nuisance.

        And now they're also removing train attendants so if anyone in a wheelchair or other mobility aid needs help getting on the train, the actual driver has to run out and do it before running back to drive the train.