Burning lithium batteries is a very un-eco message to send. And most people have purchased Teslas long before realising Musk was anything but a weird visionary (this time did exist).
Now that we know the truth, it’s still just ruining the days and lives of people who made a positive choice for the environment, albeit not the best EV to send that message.
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Sorry Mr. Musk, the teslas will continue to burn until morale improves.
aren’t they being burned at dealerships lol
I mean, if “The All New Adolph 9000” existed in 1943 pretty sure french and english folks would have burned them….
I’d say it is since it pissed you off the message is quite powerful
I don’t think these people are necessarily trying to send a message. I think they’re just trying to blow off some steam and take out their anger on an object that represents Musk.
As a Canadian, I hate Elon and Trump. I I hate the way that they walk, the way that they talk, I hate the way that they dress. I hate the way that they sneak diss, if I catch flight, it’s gon’ be direct. And the temptation is definitely there when I see one of that asshole’s cars. But the owner of the vehicle probably bought it before all this bullshit went down so I don’t feel any need to vandalise them, however I do understand the motive of those that do.
The vast majority of people are defacing the unsold Teslas, not the owned ones
I agree. It’s stupid and I frankly don’t like to see it praised.
Musk already got the customer’s money. Vandalizing Teslas won’t hurt him at all.
Yeah I agree. Honestly arson is not a good look and it just gives right wingers fuel to further disembowel any legitimacy our complaints have
Ok fELON whatever you say
Sending a pretty powerful message to their stock value
Nobody bought a cybertruck before Elon went full Nazi so those are free game
Okay, Elon
I like how it went from “we need all EVs, the entire future depends on it!” to “Burn all Teslas, the entire future depends on it!” 😂
Your post won’t last long
People who can afford Teslas can sure as shit afford to switch to a non Nazi EV company my guy. You’re pearl clutching over nothing.
The people that do this just talk a big talk about being the bigger better, more empathetic people, but lately, some of the left has gotten as rotten and unsafe as some of the right. It’s why Trump won in the first place. And why we’re having to deal with Elon and his tantrums.
We just have to hope that enough someones on either side will stop this hate foolishness and go back to focusing on actual issues and doing things that hurt the politicians, not random strangers who as you said, may of just bought these before they knew Musk was well who he is and did it for the environment.
I hate to say it, but it is beginning to appear that support for the environment seems to sadly be yet another thing certain Dems said they cared about but have now turned their back on those who also put their money where their mouth is.
If you don’t have the money to discard the car now their fad is over, they will hate you, just like before this they hated people who couldn’t afford to go electric.
Honestly, I agree. I understand the logic behind it, that if people are afraid if they buy a tesla their car will get vandalized, they won’t buy teslas, then Elon’s Tesla stock will drop and he’ll lose money. However, there’s more people lose from burning teslas than they gain. Movements have more influence if they have public sympathy, and you gain more public sympathy if you’re not negatively impacting the lives of people who did nothing to hurt you. Like you pointed out, many people who bought teslas did so before they knew what Musk was.
Personally, I think loud protests outside of tesla dealerships are more effective. It’s big and visible, and forces people to acknowledge if they buy a tesla they are making a political statement, but it ultimately doesn’t hurt anyone so it’s harder for the right to use it to paint the left as the villains.
Quite frankly, these things shouldn’t have been allowed on the roads in the first place. For anyone who was paying attention, it was obvious Musk was a bullshitting narcissistic sociopath with a disdain for basic safety well before anyone had even heard of Tesla. These shitboxes have always been plagued by rattling, panel gaps, cheap plastic, whompy wheels, easily fractured suspension control arms, and a whole host of other issues as well as the fact that only Tesla will repair them and they’re constantly backlogged.
If consumers had simply done some basic fucking research before spending dozens of thousands of dollars, there wouldn’t be any Teslas to deface. People complain endlessly about how the quality of products and services has been dropping off a cliff for over a decade but fail to see that they allowed that shit to take place by digesting marketing spiel from snakes like Musk as gospel and all critical analyses as heresy. People made brands a part of their personal identity and defended them with unrivalled passion as those same brands stabbed them in the back over and over again, so we get shitty Teslas, Dr Dre’s Beats, pentalobe screws in iPhones and a million near-mint Spotify Car-Things in landfills, and now they look around and act like they didn’t play a part in creating global enshittification.
Ya you are missing the point, its not about the environment.
Its people hate Elmo, and they will burn his stuff to hurt him,
Because he is hurting other people.
Its very strait forward.
Im not condoning it.
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