Thanks. Once we get used to these kinds of things we end up making fun of them.
Even all dressed up women who, before this, would have NEVER even looked at a truck like that one, are now taking off all their glamour and jumping on the better-than-walking wagon.
It is a serious case of moral and psychological degradation, though, and politicians know that's the key to guarantee their permanence no matter how corrupt or inept they are.