• @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    So it’s actually working!
    That makes it more expensive to own a Tesla, and that’s one more thing that will make it less attractive to buy, either new or used.
    It’s debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.

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      29 days ago

      It’s debatable whether this is fair, but clearly it achieves a political goal.

      I’d be real careful cheering vandalism / destruction of private property because you believe it achieves a political goal you agree with; eventually others will start doing do the same thing to further political goals that they agree with.

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          Yea. This isn’t being started on the left. It’s being emulated.

        • Buelldozer
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          I’m struggling to come up with any examples that parallel what’s happening with Teslas.

            • I can think of many many lives that the Nazi Reigime of America have destroyed. And lives are far more important than property.

              The cars can burn.

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              This is happening all over the United States sometimes multiple times per day and being publicly celebrated in various places. I honestly can’t think of a conservative oriented example of private property destruction on this scale to this much cheering.

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                to this much cheering

                You’re not going to find this because no one is cheering for white supremacists trying to knock out the power grid because they think it will start a race war.

            • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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              That’s completely different, those are damaging people, not property. You’re allowed to attack people to protect property, you are not allowed to damage property to protect people.

              After all, I own property, but I am not the type of people getting attacked.

              /s

          • @Buffalox@lemmy.world
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            I think you are right that this Tesla boycott is unique, nothing I can remember is even close.
            And what I remember goes back to the 80’s, with the Shell boycott because they supported apartheid in South Africa. That boycott was a huge deal back then. Where there was (light) vandalism, for instance removing the S from their signs, so they said hell.

            But now with Tesla, it’s a completely different league in scope and consequences. Nice to see that there is a line also for ordinary sane people. Because this is definitely a response against the insanity of fascism.

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              I have absolutely no issues with the boycott. Elon the Idiot is learning the same lesson that the Ultra Wealthy of the 1920s did; getting publicly involved with politics can cost you a LOT of money. Bezos and Zuckerburg are learning it too. All of these Billionaires are getting a very expensive lesson in why they need to stay out of the limelight.

              Because this is definitely a response against the insanity of fascism.

              I don’t think this has much to do with “fascism”. If this was only happening to Cybertrucks (which are a pretty new model) or only happening at dealerships and so impacting Tesla itself that would be one thing but WTF does someone who bought a Tesla 3 years ago have to do with “fascism”?

              This is a knee jerk reaction to what Elon is doing with DOGE and one group of people is lashing out at another group of people, many of whom having nothing to do with Tesla or it’s front man aside from having bought a product.

              • @notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
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                Your take appears very naïve. This is actually a systematic attack against Elon Musk‘s net worth. It appears shockingly effective, it’s still very subdued compared to the hostile takeover that is ongoing in the government. Your longing for proportionality is absolutely misplaced here.

              • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                This is a knee jerk reaction to what Elon is doing with DOGE

                So it is a reaction to Fascism. Perhaps the targets could be better chosen (player 2 has entered the chat), but it is people reacting to the fascist takeover.

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        eventually others will start doing do the same thing to further political goals that they agree with.

        I, too, remember January 6.

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        They already did that. Trumpers were literally burning down mail ballot boxes and shooting up power stations before the election.