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[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 70 points 2 days ago (27 children)

Imagine you buy a car and it gets burned down because the owner of the car company turns out to be a Nazi.

I would like Tesla to go bankrupt too but cheering on regular peoples property being destroyed is wrong.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, I have some sympathy for those who bought them years ago.

But let's not mince words. If you buy a Tesla today, you are literally a Nazi collaborator.

Those who bought a Tesla much earlier were more like one of those few people who bought one of Hitler's paintings during his starving artist phase.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I think Tesla owners should put anti elon stickers on theirbcars

[–] schnapsman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I saw this the other day, in north Germany

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[–] techclothes@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hopefully they had bubble insurance and now they're freed of their magamobile and can buy something better.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Yeah because insurance companies are run by great people who are known for helping others.

[–] thmnwlf@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

the magamobile… i know it has its issues, but the sad thing is, if you want an electric car as a person who does not care about car-people-things, the magamobile is one of the best options in terms of efficiency. ALSO in terms of used vehicles, you can get teslas so bloody cheap rn and for people who just want to get from A to B with Comfort and ease, you dont have so many other options.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Imagine parking next to a Tesla and your car becomes collateral damage.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

some of them maybe? surely not all?

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

All cars are required to have insurance in most European countries, Germany included. Not sure if collateral damage by vandalism is covered by default, but most of the time you are covered against any damage that you yourself didn't cause, so I assume it is covered.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it could've caught fire on its own, it's a tesla.

you should've known that when you bought the car too, before you knew about the nazism.

[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah ICE cars catch fire 61x more often than EVs.

Facts are important. We want people to switch to EVs. Spreading falsehoods because it helps your own side short term is wrong.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

no we don't. we want people to switch to public transit

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

No. Both can be true.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Read this thread man. People have become fucking deranged, cheering on destroying the property of people who likely had no reason to believe they'd be making car payments to a Nazi.

Frankly if you're not out canvassing for politicians you support or helping organize a union or something but you can find the time to cheer on the destruction of what is likely a worker's property, you need to get a grip.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

If you own a Telsa, sell it. It sucks but Muskrat is actually dismantling decades of institutional organization. He's an threat to our country and when it collapses he'll just fly to the next country while we burn.

Flood the market with used Swasticars that nobody wants to be associated with and nobody will buy the new ones. Money is the only thing they understand.

He's got the president of the u.s. on the front lawn hucking his cars, it's hilarious and sad.

[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you own a Telsa, sell it.

Realistically, this makes no difference. Tesla has already got the money from the seller. The only person losing is the seller who now sells the car at lower price than they bought it for and have to put in more money to buy a replacement vehicle.

Flood the market with used Swasticars that nobody wants to be associated with and nobody will buy the new ones. Money is the only thing they understand.

The only ones who will buy Teslas now are conservatives and they will buy new 'just to show support for Musk'.

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The goal is not to destroy cars, it is to destroy what it represents.

[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who said anything about destroying cars¿? I am just talking about selling them. I do hope the people whose cars were burnt had insurance. Then they could claim that and use it to buy a better car from a non nazi manufacturer.

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Granted, but I was just pointing out that the act of burning teslas isn't something that people do to "destroy cars so that Elon gets less money". Mussolini wasn't hanged upside down because his heels were stronger than his neck.

[–] Aux@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I hear Aquaman is buying em

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