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		mec31 on Aug 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” When the pope was in the US, he was driven around in a Fiat 500 (!). Granted, it was the four-door version :-)

darkclouds on Aug 7, 2023 [–]

I didnt know that, was his "pope mobile" vehicle not allowed in the US then?

The photos of the car being dwarfed by the US security vehicles is funny, but a classic example of virtue signalling.

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