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I don't understand why the US is so averse to retractable traffic bollards other than being cheap bastards. That way you can still provide access when certain vehicles need to be able to enter a space, but are also firmly protecting the area any time that there isn't a vehicle that legitimately needs to enter the space (say for example a back alley that only occasionally needs passage for a service vehicle).
I mean the answer is right there.
That is the sole thing that guides all of American society now. It's at the core of nearly every business, and definitely any business of size or note. Maximizing profits is the number 1 priority of the country now, above anything else.
We played too much Watch_Dogs and saw the potential for malicious hacking to wreck shit. /s