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US Politics 18h
What is up with Americans and naming vehicles after indigenous people. Winnebago, Jeep grand Cherokee, Jeep Comanche, Apache helicopter, chinook helicopter, Black Hawk helicopter
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Anonymous 18h

American Indians had a great warrior culture so it is in honor of them

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Anonymous 18h

Naming them after American race car drivers didn’t do as well with focus groups.

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Anonymous 16h

There’s a whole bike company called Indian

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

In fact the army once had a regulation REQUIRING vehicles be named after them, and it stuck around

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

I was actually just reading up on the Lakota ceremonially blessing a new helicopter. I guess it’s kind of categorically different when the military is doing it for aircraft vs when companies are doing it with cars. One is a product, the other is a weapon aligned with a traditional warrior culture with heavy modern involvement in the military.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 18h

Well don’t forget that Jeep was originally an exclusive supplier of military vehicles so they e kept that naming tradition

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