Democracy is on the rocks, or so it seems. Voting and elections are constantly being called into question by those who wish to alter our shaky system of government. Instead of letting the glacial pace of the republic keep on shifting its mighty weight, admiring as progress moves tectonically – there is another idea in the air that’s currently catching fire. Which, as any arsonist knows, you need O2 for a decent blaze.
That is, accomplishing legislation by fiat. Giving people a small Italian car when what they actually want is a better, more just world, can be seen as something of a dropoff. Not to me. Fiats, like lasers, are under-the-radar acronyms, residing in plain view for all to carefully parse.
I want politicians who get things done. What better way to do that than by a formal decree, enacted arbitrarily, delivering these quirky little automobiles to every garage in the country. A Fiat is not an Alfa-Romeo or a Renault, nor is it a less svelt mini-cooper. It is something else entirely.
The rusty levers of power creak under the weight of public perception (and a shortage of WD-40). Instead of worrying about that, why not instead focus on the oversatured photographs of these weird, cute, yet oddly compelling vehicles from Torino? Now, there will be people who think this distracts us from the issue. I disagree. Fiats will finally give car lovers something other than Teslas to talk about, with their familiar exterior and uncanny chassis, a design copied from every luxury car over the last 50 years.
Doing something by Fiat is a helluva lot more fun than passing laws the standard way. You might have a rotunda in your statehouse – but it’s definitely not a convertible.
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