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People like big vehicles; people like to sit up higher; small women especially like them because it makes them feel more powerful. Finally, Americans just don't care about fuel economy, or cornering ability, or having a vehicle that doesn't roll over easily.

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People like to sit up higher so that they can see over the other people who like to sit up higher, recursively.

People like to have a heavy vehicle so that they feel less at risk in a crash with other people who like to have heavy vehicles for the same reason, recursively.

The base cases are more mysterious.

Exactly; it's basically an arms race.

> small women especially like them because it makes them feel more powerful

[citation needed]

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