As an American, I still get hung up when hearing about a government "scheme" [0] in Britain without any negative connotation whatsoever.
Or maybe just bike sellers being happy to sell junky overpriced fashionate ebikes that will drop embedded non-replaceable battery's capacity significantly within few years (or replace them for exorbitant costs).
With the right mind the world is there to screw over, just look at the politicians and other high functioning sociopaths.