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Elongated Muskrat is currently sabotaging democracy. This is one of the few ways we can deliver consequences for his actions.
Isn’t boycotting Tesla illegal?
Edit: no one here keeps up with the news haha
LOL, wut? Where on earth did you get that idea? It'll be illegal if the fascists get their way and take over, but we're not there yet. This is one way we can help to stop that from happening.
It's something trump said.
Ah ha. Thanks. That definitely needed a /s in this context.
Haha so rather than check out what your president says you just flame whoever informs you. Thanks for this 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
There was nothing about your comment indicating it was something Trump said. He says a thousand dumbass things every day. Nobody can keep track of it all. You shouldn't expect everyone to have had all the same experiences you've had. A comment like that really requires a /s to signal that you're not being serious.
It’s genuinely not my problem if you aren’t able to discern reality from sarcasm. Take personal responsibility for your own mistakes. Telling other people off because you made a mistake just makes you look silly. I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are.
See, that doesn't need a /s. Sometimes sarcasm is obvious in written form. Sometimes it's not.
You mean Tesler?
You’re very right. My bad. I got confused because everything was computer.
You are thinking far to linearly. Think of this as a guerilla tactics to take advantage of media focus and what would happen if Musk crashed out.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough.
Not all of us have the means to overthrow a government. We do have the means to make buying a Tesla as embarrassing and as difficult as possible.
If you want to help fund a government overthrow, I suggest that you work with the embassy for your country in the US to help make that change.
Feel free to organize your own superior plan. I look forward to contributing to whatever effective measures you have in mind.
Clearly you have better ideas of what we can do. That’s awesome! Get out there and start organizing people to implement your superior plan! 💪
We obviously know it's broken. The far right has control of every branch of the government, tell us how new laws are passed when there are no checks and balances?
And yes, before its stated, i know a lot of blame is on the left who didn't codify shit when they had the chance, that's the past, that doesn't help us now.
Tesla is sort of a public-facing proxy for Musk's wealth, and is becoming a lightning rod.
It’s not so much about practicality, but desperation and an opportunity to send a message.
Musk borrows against Tesla all the time. Billionaires don't generally have a ton of liquid cash, they need to take out loans and put up collateral.
Clearly you have better ideas of what we can do. That's awesome! Get out there and start organizing people to implement your superior plan! 💪
You're still not talking about your better idea. We're all ears. Don't hold back. What do you think we should do instead?
These are not things individuals can do this weekend. These all require the actions of the politicians that are owned by the billionaires that don't want these changes. What are your great ideas that individual citizens can implement right now?
What's that going to do? Who is going to pay any attention to it? Certainly not the politicians owned by the billionaires. Certainly not the billionaires for whom such an action will not hurt them in any way. You're here criticizing this protest as being ineffective, but only present alternative actions when pressed, and your supposed alternatives are even less effective. Either put up something that at least has a credible probability of helping, or STFU.
Incorrect. You're in here criticizing people actually taking action, from your armchair warrior position, admitting to not actually doing anything yourself, because... reasons.
Nobody is saying these protests are going to solve everything. Not by a long shot. But they are one of the things people can do right now that will help. Evidence? Tesla stock is down 33% in the last month, and over 50% since December. That's hurting Muskrat directly, as evidenced by Trump shilling for Tesla from the Whitehouse.
You introduced the virus vs symptom treatment analogy. Well how about this. If you have a disease, and the only medication available to you at the moment only treats the symptoms, then you still take that medicine. You work towards getting a medication that will treat the disease, but in the meantime, you don't turn down the one you have now, or criticize others for taking it.
Nice chatting with you, ChatGPT. Have a nice day.
Ah yes! Get idea! Just completely change the system! Why didn't WE think of that!
Good show! I'll call everyone today and tell them that these protests are completely stupid and we have a better idea now
I fail to understand where you drew the conclusion that I'm not doing any legwork
Have a fun-tastic day, friend
His other companies aren't valued as highly.
The only one that seems to make money is SpaceX, and that one isn't public so we don't actually know if it makes money or it's as shitty as all his other companies.
Without Tesla he'll have real trouble getting loans... or Trump will give him a bailout, obviously, but it would still be useful if more people saw that he's not self-made and relies on free money from the government.
Maybe you missed mine.
Musk is the First Buddy and the "richest" man on Earth. Trump basically has him running the government with his doggy department.
If Tesla goes down, he might go down with it. Trump would drop him in an instant - "sorry honey, you're no longer HOT!" That doesn't abolish all billionaires, obviously, but it solves an acutely troublesome one.
You're awfully combative for someone "just asking a question".
It's better than doing nothing. It can reduce his influence as he won't have as much wealth available to buy politicians.
Whats your plan? Sit and complain that people are desperate on Lemmy? How does that help?
At the very least, it has to slightly annoy him. But likely also has a psychological effect. Will it make him suddenly decide not to be an asshole? Probably not. But it may spin him further out of control, to where he starts making even stupider decisions until he finally fucks with the wrong people or the wrong stuff and then really finds out.
He's also desperate now that Tesla is losing massive amount of its value too
Yup. If Tesla goes down, he won't be able to take out loans as easily anymore and might need to sell assets for liquid cash.