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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Restaurants being rated with “Michelin stars” was created as a ploy to encourage people to buy cars and drive more to go on road trips to these restaurants so they’d wear through more tires and have to buy more

*Edited because I was a bit off base

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds like it could be plausible or could be a great story. Do you have a source?

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not quite middle class people, but otherwise correct:

From Wikipedia

In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars and, accordingly, car tyres, car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the Michelin Guide.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

Happy to help!

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 9 points 1 year ago
[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Just because that is the origin, doesn't mean it was a scam then or now.