In a matter of months, Tesla’s brand identity has radically shifted from a liberal-leaning, environmentally conscious car label to a symbol of Donald Trump’s movement, thanks to Musk’s “dark MAGA” rebranding.
you mean nazi ?
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YOU MEAN NAZI ?
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I'm sure Trump says the same thing 
I don't care who controls whom. You're both fucking trash.
Putin. Putin controls them both.
So true. Not enough people realize how much power and experience weilding that power that Putin has over oligarchs. Putin is the man behind these "men."
Putin controls a lot of things but he doesn't own ole Musky. That's a uniquely special brand of evil and crazy.
I distinctively remember Musk going from bragging about offering Starlink to Ukrainian troops for free to limiting Starlink's reach for Ukrainians and demanding for someone to pay for Ukraine's usage of the network just days after having a private phone conversation with Putin. He went far more publically crazy and anti- Ukraine on X after that too.
I mean, do they both want to play the evil game along a stray dog raised in the Kgb?
Whats fun with narcissist people is they've no clue about opponents skills, since they can't see over they're own ones.
The article’s title does not match the content. I read it and it does not talk about how Musk controls Trump. It talks about retaliation for those organizing protests against Tesla.
Yeah, you really have to read the literal and between the lines understand where the author is coming from.
“Those are the real villains here, and we’re going to go after them,” the DOGE chief warned. “The president has made it clear, we’re going to go after them.”
Author is tying his tweets, this desperate interviews to the administration's actions to get actual people charged with hate crimes for properly damage not to mention getting his shitty AG to prosecute property damage as domestic terrorism.
Right or wrong, I do see what the author was trying to get at.
The article’s title does not match the content. I read it and it does not talk about how Musk controls Trump. It talks about retaliation for those organizing protests against Tesla.
Welcome to Lemmy, where people's personal agendas/marketing shape the titles of their posts.
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The title of the post matches the title of the article, this isn't a case of a poster editorializing.
The title of the post matches the title of the article, this isn’t a case of a poster editorializing.
I'm going to call b.s. on that one. I read the article. And so did others.
Edit: From the comment I initially replied to...
The article’s title does not match the content.
And how you replied to me replying to the above ...
The title of the post matches the title of the article
I'm talking about the body of the text of the article vs its title, the same as the person that I replied to. I don't care about the 'red herring' assertion you are making.
And while we are at it, the article title doesn't match the body of the article itself.
I get how you want to 'Kill the Messenger' and diminish my rep here, but don't be so literal/pedantic, and goal post moving.
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Call BS? What he said is literally, explicitly true: If you click on the article, that's the title of it. OP didn't change the title to fit an agenda, he used the article's title.
I'm pretty sure he's a sov cit. Don't bother trying to reason with him.
I’m pretty sure he’s a sov cit. Don’t bother trying to reason with him.
No, I pay my house taxes, and drivers license fee, and my car registration, etc., etc., etc.
Weak attempt.
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If you read the article, you would have seen that the title of the article matches the title of the post...
Dammit Bobby?
The post title is an exact and faithful copy of the linked article, though. There's no editorializing here.
The post title is an exact and faithful copy of the linked article, though. There’s no editorializing here.
That's one of my points. They could have changed the title of the Lemmy post (like what is done MOST of the time around here) to not match the subject of the article but instead be accurate for us Lemmy readers, and not just duplicate the same/wrong title. The "editorializing" in this case is the NOT correcting of the title in the Lemmy post.
So either the person who posted here on Lemmy didn't read the article they posted about, or they decided to purposely carry forward the invalid title from the article, after having read the article. (Or, this is just an astroturfing article and we are all wasting our time commenting here.)
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Snowflake, if you don't like the article headline the author used, downvote and move on and email the author. Cripes, not everything is about you sweetheart.
ETA. Man that signature is annoying, just clogs up the thread. Sorry but damn, if that doesn't just scream, "it's all about me!"
Snowflake, if you don’t like the article headline the author used, downvote and move on and email the author. Cripes, not everything is about you sweetheart.
No, its not about me, its about all of us here on Lemmy, and the quality of posts we get.
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its about all of us here on Lemmy
And yet, i just see you bitching about it. Were you elected to speak for me? I don't recall that.
its about all of us here on Lemmy
And yet, i just see you bitching about it. Were you elected to speak for me? I don’t recall that.
You must be fantastic at Community volunteer efforts/work. /s
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Since you speak for me, I'll take your word for it.
I don't think he is talking about the title of the post on Lemmy but the title of the Yahoo article. Your point about people on Lemmy changing the title is not how things look.
"Welcome to Lemmy, where people's personal agendas/marketing shape the titles of their posts."
That has no barring on how Yahoo named their title.
Well he isn't wrong.
Hey you White House, hahaaa, charade you are!
That fucking thumbnail. I can't even post the thoughts that enter my mind when I see it.
"Mike Myers acted a better cringey villain."
Close?
He doesn't need to brag, we all know it's the truth.
Because he hacked the election machines and used Twitter to push spam.
He owns Trump and atrump knows it; otherwise he'd be staring down the barrel of a few dozen felonies.
Is this like Mutually Assured Destruction but for felonies?
From the article ...
“What’s happening, it seems to me, is they’re being fed propaganda by the far left, and they believe it. It’s really unfortunate,” Musk continued, claiming that the “real problem” isn’t the “crazy guy” who attacks his vehicles but rather the people that push the “propaganda” that encourages him to do it.
“Those are the real villains here, and we’re going to go after them,” the DOGE chief warned. “The president has made it clear, we’re going to go after them.”
“The ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda? We’re going after them,” Musk said, casually pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun.
Also:
On Monday, Washington’s Metropolitan Police revealed that two people accused of vandalizing a Tesla windshield will be charged for “political hate speech.”
“political hate speech.”
I worry that we will see the rise of that phrase in future months as it's used against citizens who are pro-democracy.
On Monday, Washington’s Metropolitan Police revealed that two people accused of vandalizing a Tesla windshield will be charged for “political hate speech.”
Not to be pedantic, and to be fair, but it is political speech. It's definately not complaining about customer service or warranties.
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Please throw him out of a window. Pleeeeeease
Someone needs to convince dear leader that that the enemies are in his own house!
“What’s happening, it seems to me, is they’re being fed propaganda by the far left, and they believe it. It’s really unfortunate,” Musk continued, claiming that the “real problem” isn’t the “crazy guy” who attacks his vehicles but rather the people that push the “propaganda” that encourages him to do it.
Four top officers at the company have unloaded more than $100 million in stock since last month, reported ABC News. They include James Murdoch, the estranged son of right-wing media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal Musk, who shed $27 million, according to a Security and Exchange Control filing.
Go after them Elon! They must be the problem - they're the only ones with the money!
“Those are the real villains here, and we’re going to go after them,” the DOGE chief warned. “The president has made it clear, we’re going to go after them.”
“The ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda? We’re going after them,” Musk said, casually pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun.
IDK it feels mostly pathetic pleading to shareholders that he will be able to get the situation under control, and the line will go back up. It's pathetic is what it is.
Can’t wait for Trump to deport him.