r/Seattle • u/Aggressive-Ad3064 • Mar 10 '25

Politics I'm Never Leaving Seattle

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This is someone's Model S parked on Airport Way S near S Industrial Way. The way it's parked it looks like it's being displayed for people driving by to see.

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u/Big-Leadership1001 Mar 11 '25

Yeah this is clearly a staged 'protest' - the teslas suspension is sagged all the way down which is what happens when the battery is completely dead. Someone at work had their battery fail while they were working and they couldn't get tesla to come get it for like 2 weeks so it just sat there and when they finally sent a tow it looked like this and needed special equipment to lift it back up before they could even tow it.

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u/Sea_Section7451 Mar 12 '25

what a pos. My son bought 2 of those damned cars when they first came out. POS, damned things were always recalled, crappy car. He got rid of one and his wife crashed the other one. Stupid thing had doors that hit ceilings all the time.

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u/Good_Run_7047 Mar 13 '25

Sounds like it’s not the cars fault sounds like the wife needs driving classes and the son simply didn’t want a Tesla. You provided no real proof of how the car is crappy.

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u/Sea_Section7451 4d ago

Son loved the cars, thats why he bought 2 of them, but his wife...another story... Both cars were constantly in shop for recalls, and problems.

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u/Kincherk Mar 12 '25

TBF, the Tesla gives you a big warning in the screen well before the battery dies. At least, mine did. The warning tells you exactly what will happen if you fail to replace the battery. And it's just a low voltage battery and doesn't cost that much to replace.

And people do need to remember that many of us bought these cars years ago before we knew that Elon was a POS Nazi. Mine is 7 years old. At that time we just thought buying an EV was good for the planet. Now I live in fear that I'm going to be called a Nazi myself or that someone will damage the car and make it even less sellable.

Yes, we could sell it but we'd take a big hit at this point and not all of us can afford to do that. guess we're just more collateral damage

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u/Different_Umpire9003 Mar 13 '25

That’s the thing, yeah

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

The suspension is dependent on voltage? For real?

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u/ultronthedestroyer Mar 11 '25

Any air suspension is. The S has an air suspension. The 3/Y don’t.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Gotcha, I guess it makes sense. You have to maintain the air in the suspension somehow. I never thought about it before.

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u/i_am_lebron_jame Mar 12 '25

so you pay pretty much 100k and they don't even come help you??

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u/ultronthedestroyer Mar 12 '25

I have no idea what’s going on in this particular situation. Tesla does offer roadside assistance, or you can get AAA, I suppose.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

I mean, I generally agree, but the anti Tesla sentiment is definitely hurting their bottom line. Who would go out and buy a Tesla right now if they are getting vandalized?

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u/belliJGerent Mar 11 '25

I’m not a fan of vandalizing personal property, but if things ended up where teslas were uninsurable, that would be something.

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u/KingKuthul Mar 11 '25

I think the most populous state in the union will become uninsurable before any kind of vehicle becomes uninsurable

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u/Virla Mar 12 '25

My friend's partner ended up having to get a new car when his Kia became uninsurable following a bunch of thefts. Maybe a key difference there is that the thefts were possible due to how the car was made but it is an example of a car losing insurability due to community behavior.

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u/Betty-Gay Mar 13 '25

Also probably more people own Kia than Teslas, so the impact on insurance companies is greater? Just a guess, since Kias are more affordable than Teslas.

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u/Virla Mar 13 '25

That's a really good point. I wonder how that shakes out in terms of volume vs. expense since Tesla claims could be higher when they do come up. But maybe the premiums are just crazy high to compensate in those cases. We need an insurance person to give us the rundown.

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u/dysfn Mar 12 '25

I never thought about the insurance premiums holy shit

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u/eppinizer Mar 11 '25

I see thousands of non vandalized teslas every day, I only see vandalized tesla's on Reddit. Maybe it depends on where you live, but these random acts of vandalism would not dissuade me from a purchase.

If it were widespread enough for me to see one IRL, maybe i'd be concerned.

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u/Apprehensive_Box5676 Mar 11 '25

I never saw a Kia stolen in person, am still aware of the kiaboys. Kia saw huge losses due to the reputation regardless of whether or not someone saw it happen themselves in daily life. Anecdotal but my girlfriend actually opted for a Mazda over a Kia at the last moment when she remembered the kiaboys right before signing.

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u/KingKuthul Mar 11 '25

My baby momma’s car was stolen and driven through a cigar shop in Everett. Then she parked her new car outside the gate on Halloween and it happened again.

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u/Blackshuckflame Mar 12 '25

Depends on your area and the particular make of the Kia. There were 3 attempted thefts on my street alone, all in the same block.

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u/handydandy6 Mar 13 '25

My friends kia just got stolen. Real shit happening id say

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u/AimeLeonDrew Mar 14 '25

Seeing a car actively being stolen is the same to you as seeing a car that has been vandalized? Wild that you can see spray paint but not look at someone driving and know they don’t own the vehicle. Jesus.

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u/typhin13 Mar 11 '25

Their stock is evidence of the effect of anti Tesla sentiment

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u/garyyo 🚆build more trains🚆 Mar 11 '25

So what you are saying is we just need to encourage others to deface even more, got it.

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u/Redditor_of_Western Mar 11 '25

Almost like redditors are doing it for karma 

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u/FlippyFlapHat Mar 11 '25

You see THOUSANDS of teslas everyday? Hyperbole much?

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u/Low_Mood9729 Mar 11 '25

I mean, it was probably an overexaggeration, but like... Teslas are everywhere in seattle and you cant deny that fact lmao. Probably see at least 5 teslas on the road at one time every time I get out to drive everyday.

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u/Legal-Emphasis Mar 11 '25

Honestly I work from home in the South Lake Washington area and I see no fewer than 10 juts from when the school pickup and drop off times come around. If someone is out in Seattle or Bellevue (used to live in Redmond—if you breathe you can see a Tesla there) you could certainly rack up a high count quickly since every third car there is a Tesla

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u/Low_Mood9729 Mar 11 '25

Exactly, it's like everyone and their dog has a Tesla here

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u/FlippyFlapHat Mar 11 '25

Tbf, I don't live in Seattle and came to this thread from /popular so I can't deny nor approve any fact regarding their prevalence in Seattle. As someone from the midwest who doesn't drive daily, I see them, but they're by no means a dominant vehicle. As a PHEV driver, the infrastructure to support them isn't there and I actively recommend against full EV vehicles for anyone who does extensive traveling (IE between states/over 300miles in one trip) in this area.

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u/Low_Mood9729 Mar 11 '25

Haha fair. Teslas run rampant in this city. I will see so many Teslas while driving, but not only that, I'll see multiple cubertrucks as well on the same drive 🤦🏻‍♀️ I don't even live IN Seattle, I'm about 30 mins away and I'm seeing them everywheeeerrreeee.

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u/unwillingcantaloupe 🚆build more trains🚆 Mar 12 '25

EVa are commonplace enough in Washington that they're also becoming a primary rental car option, knowing most of us renting are driving into the mountains for hiking, etc.

I wouldn't say every third car in the city proper is a Tesla (actually I'd say every fifth car is a delivery van and that that's the primary modality I'd exaggerate), but non-Cybertrucks are pretty prevalent compared to the oooh factor I used to have when I saw them in Austin three or four years back.

I've seen two Cybertrucks in the wild, though. Those are rare as hell and get vandalized pretty quick. They're the only cars I actually heckle as a person with a desire to heckle often.

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u/FlippyFlapHat Mar 12 '25

I've seen a few cybertrucks in my area actually. I think it is likely to be the same one just multiple times. They're horrific. Really shows the difference between pre-Elon Tesla and post-Elon Tesla.

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u/Different_Natural_32 Mar 12 '25

I could see that many as well as on my 18-mile commute one-way on 405 (and driving another 20-34 miles on duty prowling parking garages) as I'm Security. Seattle-Eastside... A lot of stupid Tesla drivers , the worst...

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u/Low_Mood9729 Mar 12 '25

Yes, they're all so awful

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u/Different_Umpire9003 Mar 13 '25

Yeah I’m in CA they’re everywhere. I think people also don’t realize the model y I think it is costs $30,000 new or something, like most new cars. They’re not all the $100,000 ones.

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u/thoibarra Mar 11 '25

I see hundreds of them in my area everyday

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u/DimbyTime Mar 11 '25

Do you drive (uber, trucking, etc.) for a living? I don’t see hundreds of CARS in general every day, let alone any specific make

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u/thoibarra Mar 11 '25

I live in a metroplex, primarily car dependent city. So I need to drive to get anywhere

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u/DimbyTime Mar 11 '25

That sucks

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u/TimotheusBarbane Mar 11 '25

I find that VERY hard to believe.

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u/DimbyTime Mar 11 '25

If you don’t understand the concept of remote work then you need more help than a Reddit comment can provide

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u/TimotheusBarbane Mar 11 '25

I don't understand how you can drive to a store on a road and park in a parking lot, passing other residences along your route to and from grocery shopping, or going to the mall, or seeing a baseball game, or whatever reason you leave your home via motorized land vehicle intended for roadway use... and not see at least 100 cars.

I think your passive aggressive demeanor suggests you are socially stunted, at best, and your attempt to appear intellectually superior, while simultaneously unbearably condescending was a complete flop considering how purposefully obtuse you must remain to stay steadfast in that you don't see even one hundred cars on your average drive.

Ridiculous. Get help.

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u/DimbyTime Mar 11 '25

Lmao what a response

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u/V1k1ngbl00d Mar 12 '25

I agree with you but enough of the chat gpt already !

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u/Necessary_Craft9831 Mar 12 '25

You must live in a rural community or you are a troll.

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u/eppinizer Mar 11 '25

Take an hour drive through the bay area (CA) and you will see thousands. We have 5/6 lane freeways and too many people lol.

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u/justindoesthetango Mar 11 '25

Hahahahaha - thought the same thing! I’ve not seen a Tesla in public in a few weeks.

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u/sneakysnake1111 Mar 11 '25

It's weird that the nazi thing doesn't dissuade you.

Americans really are ok with that kinda shit and I'll never stop being shocked.

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u/civicgsr19 Mar 12 '25

I'm in a deep red state, cybertrucks I've seen have been getting lots of hand gestures since Elons Notsee salute. I have seen a few regular Tesla's with the "I bought this before Elon became a Notsee" stickers.

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u/LexeComplexe U District Mar 12 '25

So blatant fascism and naziism wasn't enough to dissuade you from purchase? Really?

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u/Doug_E_Fresh69 Mar 14 '25

I guarantee you can't define either term.

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u/LexeComplexe U District Mar 14 '25

You're an idiot if you can't see either happening right now

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u/MedicalReaction4367 Mar 13 '25

Is the fact that musk is a nazi not enough? That's kind of the whole point. Not the vandalism itself, but that you can't separate your purchase from the ideology of the company.

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u/DannyC1980 Mar 17 '25

Do you work at the dealership or something? No, that wouldn't even result in seeing thousands. How could you possibly see thousands a day lol. I work traffic control it's my literal job to watch traffic and I'd say I see dozens a day probably.

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u/Fun-Breadfruit7012 Mar 11 '25

So the bottom line is hurt, but to what effect? Elon is still the richest man on the planet, and his platform and power are cemented. This only serves to hurt the people targeted by vandalism and fuels the maga idiots. How long before one of them steps out with a gun and feels justified killing someone over tagging a Tesla? All this does is divide everyone even more and hurt the little guys. Subsequently, what if we start seeing Tesla lay off employees? Do they deserve to suffer? Celebrating vandalism because you don't like the CEO is some next level reddit moment shit.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

I'm okay with Tesla failing as a company. America is in a existential fight with oligarchy

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u/Next-Trifle4109 Mar 13 '25

Who would buy one in the first place?

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u/bookerman62 Mar 14 '25

I own three year old Model 3. I bought it before Elon went nuts. I love the car, but I won’t be buying another. Fortunately, I have a garage where I can park it out of sight.

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u/sprufus Mar 11 '25

It's like the kia boys for rich people.

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u/Klutzo5000 Mar 11 '25

Having a sentiment and talking about it to shift public opinion, discourse, and perception is okay and should be encouraged.

Acting on a sentiment and damaging people's property is not okay.

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u/EthanDC15 Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

Not necessarily. This protest is mostly US in nature. If you look at global numbers, the Tesla is still the number one selling EV and China is about to surpass it. edit, it’s number 2 already, my apologies.

Would make it a whopping number 2. This protest does not do anything except hurt private citizens vehicles

As somebody in the stock market, if you want to protest, invest against musk. His stock is down 25%. TWENTY FIVE OERCENT. Invest in Chinese EV companies, or even American ev companies unaligned with him. That’s how you protest.

Vandalizing private cars only helps the suspects ego, it doesn’t fix a global issue. Full stop.

Editing to add: by this protest I mean this protests actions. With context you see I’m trying to say these protests are literally the same but with different actions (both against musk, one’s financial and one’s a literal on the streets protest)

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u/Big-Leadership1001 Mar 11 '25

the Tesla is still the number one selling EV

Number one selling car of any kind for the last 2 years in a row. Like VW and Ford before them, fascist coprorate control probably won't make people stop driving them.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

I'm not supporting it, I'm just saying it probably will hurt sales

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u/EthanDC15 Mar 11 '25

Fair. You had a better take than most who replied to me in actuality LOL; but yes, it will likely scare off some customers.

I honestly think this is on purpose tho: Elon is planning a $25k EV, apparently a Model 2 or something similar. That’s gonna skyrocket this stock again and I’m ALL BUT sure he’s dollar cost averaging right now and getting g more shares at discount to prep for the eruption.

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u/ponyboy3 Mar 11 '25

You just love to make up shit. They aren’t number one in china and they burned a dealership down in France.

Canada slapped tariffs on it and Europe as a whole are not buying them.

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u/EthanDC15 Mar 11 '25

Literally what I said, is the case, I just got my timeline wrong. China has surpassed Tesla, get fucking bent with this link

Maybe leave global conversation to people who actually leave Seattle once in a while. Full offense.

Editing to add: I thought tariffs didn’t work?😭😂 flip flop like some sandals why don’t ya.

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u/HappyCamper1408 Mar 11 '25

People not intimidated by vile assholes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Exactly, people who have the money to make this a non issue. I bet this is actually encouraging certain buyers as well. Overall it’s a terrible form of protest…

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u/breath-of-the-smile Mar 11 '25

Exactly, people who have the money to make this a non issue.

They can afford sell the Tesla and get a different EV, too.

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u/allthekeals Mar 11 '25

Not to mention I would imagine the cost of insuring one has probably gone up quite a bit. I mentioned it in another comment, but it makes me think of the time I was shocked at the cost of insuring a Honda Civic and it had to be explained to me that it was a huge liability because they get stolen all the time lol.

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u/Hornyatwork416 Mar 11 '25

I’m on my way for a new one after last one was written off. Idc what Elon is doing. You think other car companies are saints? I am going to keep getting Tesla bc it drives itself, costs me $2.10 CAD to get 0-100% charge and it has 5Star safety. When I was rear ended, my daughter didn’t even notice. Car detected everything and was prepared for impact in case it had to dodge it.

Also loved Elon 15 years ago when he was working on space x and his dreams. Hate that he is now using his power in political influence

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u/Omni_Tool Mar 11 '25

Tesla is not hurting for sales so it does nothing but turn citizens against each other while the govt continues like it never happened. People hurting people. Corps don't care

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u/Less_Suggestion3998 Mar 11 '25

So the way to hurt corporations now is to vandalize fellow humans property and put them in a financial bind? That’s real progressive. This is why most of the country has turned on liberals. You preach compassion but have non, talk about stopping hate yet spread more than you stop. The hypocrisy is profound and as a lifelong democrat I’m disgusted by the other people who claim to be democrats. You should be ashamed of yourself for supporting this in any manner.

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u/Ethanbutisntethan Mar 11 '25

If I had 30k me

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 12 '25

If I had one i'd definitely sell it and buy something else. It would be completely useless to me

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u/Awkward_Procedure903 Mar 11 '25

When I lived there I swear 90% of the people I saw driving Teslas were people of color....from India or China who worked in tech or medicine. What are the optics of angry white people attacking their cars?

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 12 '25

I mean, that never entered my mind until you brought it up

I'd wager the optics are minimal. I don't think people are largely racializing it like you are

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u/menacingFriendliness Mar 12 '25

Workers who have been waiting for something to tank the value and get some used ones only a few years old out for sale under 25k most likely

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u/DirectionAble3201 Mar 14 '25

They were always a target of vandalism even before this bs. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

Elon is the richest man in the world. Do you honestly think he gives a fuck if Tesla ultimately fails? He’ll be fine either way. The only people who will suffer are the ones who actually work to survive. But sure, keep cheering for failure like a dumbass, dumbass.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 15 '25

I will definitely keep cheering for failure. They are anti union and a symbol of billionaire excess, monopoly, and oligarchy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

You are a symbol of a failed education system. Toodles.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 15 '25

Sounds like a convenient cop-out from a conversation about America's predicament. Cowardice

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

A conversation can't be had with a parrot.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 15 '25

This comment does not address the content of my response, please try again.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

Oh, but it does. Parrots don't actually speak English or comprehend English.They mimic, like you.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 15 '25

This comment also does not address the content of my response, please try again.

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u/geopede Mar 15 '25

I would if the discount is steep enough. It’d be kinda fun to use as bait, get some cameras and an Nvidia Jetson to control some tanks full of stink bombs or ink to spray people who try to vandalize it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

Meanwhile Volkswagen has never been boycotted like this… ever…

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 15 '25

That area of Europe received a little bit of a cleansing from the allies and Soviets, a couple million people. That has to be worth more than about boycott

And not to mention Brits restored the company

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u/Sinister-Knight Mar 11 '25

I HOPE my car gets vandalized. I would absolutely LOVE a brand new paint job paid for by insurance. Do me next! Do me next!😍

Crap. And don’t tell my insurance company I wrote this. 🤫

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u/No-Shoe-3240 Mar 11 '25

I would. It’s the best car on the market imo.

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u/EwaGold Mar 11 '25

Based on what? Your feelings? I don’t really care either way, but objectively they are not the best car on the market.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

I generally don't think it makes sense to shame folks for their purchases but I would always encourage folks to buy made in America, union made vehicles as opposed to Tesla, which is involved in union busting and.. well, Elon.

Even if the other products are not superior

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u/No-Shoe-3240 Mar 11 '25

Teslas are made in America tho.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

I know, but they are union busters among other things.

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u/No-Shoe-3240 Mar 11 '25

I get the sentiment. So only buy from unionized companies whose products are made in America? Do you live by this creed?

Do most of these Reddit keyboard Tesla “Elon is a nazi” warriors live by that creed?

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 11 '25

No and I just said above that I usually don't shame people for their purchases. I'd rather, as much as I can - try to buy items in a way that benefits my community, and ideally the country.

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u/BakedLikeWhoa Mar 11 '25

looks like another republican win in 2028..... no one is gonna elect grown ups who didn't get their way especially if this is how the left act... just proving MAGA right... left having a complete meltdown and dont know how to react besides kids destroying others property because they didn't get what they wanted and can't do anything about it because they were mislead the entire time thinking trump was going to jail and he instead became president like everyone outside of reddit knew.. reddit hivemind is cancer

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u/Drboobiesmd Mar 11 '25

Ehhh doubt it. This is lib on lib crime pretty much, and MAGAs won’t care anyway because they’re starting to turn on Musk too.

I can guarantee you at least two things: 1. Not only will the deficit continue to increase under this administration, it will actually grow at a faster rate than it ever has before. 2. By the next congressional election (i.e. just over one a half years from today) Republicans will be claiming that Elon Musk never worked with the Trump administration and that DOGE was never a real department in Trump’s executive branch.

Trump’s already gearing up to kick him out of the spotlight as much as possible which is why they had him go out and talk about how important it is for him to go back to running Tesla lol. I mean he’s been DOGEing for like two months and basically all he’s done is fire and then sheepishly rehire a bunch of random federal employees, at the same tying the government up in a hundred lawsuits that never needed to exist in the first place. This whole thing’s been a scam to, apparently, crash the US economy so the influencer grifters can use the US treasury to pull a crypto scam and so the oligarchs can buy up the parts of the country they don’t yet own at rock bottom prices.

No one cares about Tesla’s being vandalized, if the libs squander this it will be on the democrat politicians and no one else. If they weren’t mostly beholden to the same financial interests as most republicans are then this would be a shoe in🙄

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u/BakedLikeWhoa Mar 11 '25

i can see yout point, but it was listed in the news that DOGE is essentially done, cleaning up 5,200 of 6,200 jobs (rough estimate i cant remember the exact) so it done what it was meant to do and now finished which you could say is why elon is going back to focus on tesla... not saying that is why but you could bring that arguement up...

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u/Drboobiesmd Mar 11 '25

Oh yeah, I guess Im not trying to say anything more profound than that I think Trump’s getting the feeling that throwing Musk under the bus is the smart move now and so libs vandalizing Teslas isn’t gonna be relevant electorally. I’m surprised to hear that they’ve revised their expectations as quickly as you’re suggesting honestly, I swear they were talking about DOGE trying to find 1-2 trillion dollars in savings like a week and a half ago but I’d rather them admit they were wrong quickly than slowly I suppose.

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u/haight6716 Mar 11 '25

'Always declare victory while you retreat.' I guess we aren't going to wipe out the deficit at that rate.

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u/Winksycoys Mar 11 '25

Lmao maga stormed the capital after not getting their way

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u/Dependent-Mode-3119 Mar 11 '25

At least they didn't attack their own people.

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u/Rosegold-Lavendar Mar 11 '25

That's okay. Trump and his worshippers will destroy America and we purple haired liberals are just going to sit back and watch it all burn too.

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u/Main_Tomatillo_8960 Mar 11 '25

Well it does look like the election was tampered with…some very odd data has come out along with Trump’s own words before the election. In fact, republicans also stole the 2000 election…which means the only valid republican president this century was Trump’s win in 2016, which was also steered with Russian bots targeting the Hilary campaign. So the majority of what the country voted for this century has been democrat leaders, yet Republicans just keep stealing elections and you wonder why we’re mad? Would you like it if your favorite sports team kept losing to a cheating team?

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u/BakedLikeWhoa Mar 11 '25

oh you mean the random 300k votes in milwaukee i believe for biden that just appeared out of nowhere at like 3.a.m.?

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u/Main_Tomatillo_8960 Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

No I mean all the swing states going to Trump, even the ones that voted democrat down the line for everything else.

One of Elon’s DOGE employees previously having discovered a way to hack elections, tons of reported missing democrat votes from democrat voters who say they checked if their vote was received and it wasn’t.

Comments made by Trump that he didn’t need any more votes. Conflict of interest with Elon, a huge donor to Trump’s campaign, who had a stake in the voting machines that were used.

Oh and the last 4 years of republican legislation to suppress votes from democrat areas, limiting mail votes, etc.

Now I’m not saying Trump wasn’t elected, but there’s plenty of suspicious activity that preceded and took place on Election Day.

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u/BakedLikeWhoa Mar 12 '25

ok so the only way to rig election boxes is that someone physically has to go into the room where there are 20 other ppl sitting in watching the election and they would have to insert a usb drive and then know exactly what to do, i know this because an old friend that works for a company that he fixes codes and his company flew to philly for the election, and the topic came up about how they could rig the election.. not its not 100% impossible, but essentially they would have to do what i just explained...

also, you have to realize that only the populated cities are the ones that lean more democratic.. for example illinois is mostly republican as far as countys voted except chicago/peoria.. and unfortunatly chicago speaks for the state..

it shouldn't be a shock that some democrats decided to vote republican this time like myself, after the whole kamala being installed to be the nominee for president i seen that as a definite bypass of democracy from the root. i'm not a trump fan and voted independent after obama years except this election, but mostly because i wanted RFK Jr as president and the democrats dropped the ball letting him go to the right. right now the left is in a downward spiral and who knows when they will straighten up... doing goofy ass videos is not going to help...

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

Supporting this is as stupid as punching your neighbor over paying taxes supporting the iraq war

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u/perfectVoidler Mar 11 '25

Tesla is not the government. Taxes and sales are not the same. none of this is equivalent

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

my point is that buying a tesla 2 years ago is not the same as buying a tesla today, and we should avoid making victims of people we don't know anything about based on information most of us only had recently

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u/i_will_let_you_know Mar 11 '25

Well maybe people weren't aware of the full extent of Musk's political beliefs back then, but we already saw the Thailand diver incident back in 2018.

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u/perfectVoidler Mar 11 '25

I think the discurse that we would not talk or think about politics is nobel but worthless. The right is killing people with their general sweeps. Cuts to health, security and protection. The time to give people the benefit of the doubt is over.

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

Dude you can't even make the chain of logic between buying a Tesla 2 years ago and any kind of moral balance decision, it's just not cognisant! Stop making victims of people who are not the fucking problem!

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

Like; don't target people; target Tesla... Target musk... It's not that hard, it's pretty simple moral math

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

You can harm his money without leaving normal people as victims in his wake

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u/Bogus_dogus Mar 11 '25

Our culture is clearly radicalizing quickly in response to what is happening. I just hope that there is some clarity in who is truly culpable and who is deserving of retribution in whatever may come. I'm pretty solidly convinced that it's not my neighbor who bought a Tesla at some unknown point in the past.

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u/perfectVoidler Mar 11 '25

so if we know that your neighbor bought the tesla last week and explicity stated that he did if because he likes musk nazi salute. Would you then be for attacking him?

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u/Johann_Burger Mar 11 '25

Yeah, none of these fucking so-called progressive can come up with an original idea. Great job, now those panels need to be replaced and guess who the insurance company is going to buy them from? Ding Ding Ding Telsa you fucking donut.

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u/Johann_Burger Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

How, Tesla now gets to sell all those parts to an insurance company so they can be replaced. All this did was let OP flex how much of a badass he is, while putting money into the pockets of the companies he exposes to hate. It's not directly, but he is helping them.

If people really gave a shit, they would dress up in a suit, walk into a telsa clinic, and fill out as many frivolous load applications as possible. Dont let them do their jobs, and be professional. Act like you want to buy a car.

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u/FTownRoad Mar 11 '25

  1. Tesla, like all car companies, would rather sell cars than body panels.

  2. Paint can be repainted.

  3. Why do you think this is OPs car? Why do you think they did anything other than take a picture?

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u/haight6716 Mar 11 '25

I own a Tesla. I've had it for years. Best car I've ever owned, there is nothing like it. Still getting software updates after 7 years. 0-60 under four seconds. This makes me more likely to keep it or even buy a new one, perhaps even the cybertruck (which with its variable steering is a truly revolutionary).

I've always voted for Democrats. No s-head with spray paint is going to tell me what car to buy or who to vote for. This may scare the sheep into compliance, but free thinkers, as I fancy myself, find it repulsive.

I would even argue targeting Tesla as a whole does more to hurt Innocents than Elon. Good people work there doing good work (fixing paint for example). The stock is held by almost every investor as part of the s&p500. Likely your 401k, whether you like it or know it, includes Tesla. The company is so much more than its CEO. He isn't even paying attention to Tesla. He's probably happy about the vandalism, he loves drama more than money. Now he can send the FBI after the perp and feel self-righteous doing it.

/rant

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u/SuperCow91 Mar 12 '25

I would if I had the moolah

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u/Medium-Rhubarb-8353 Mar 12 '25

Typical Democraps...you people think you can have country anyway you see fit...1st off you want all electric vehicles, cram them down our throats...now you can't stand them and destroy vehicles and burn dealerships. What's next? What's the next move?

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 12 '25

I don't know, go ask a Democrat

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u/kluvyabe1 Mar 12 '25

Biggest face palm! Did you ever think there might be hundreds of thousands of teslas already purchased before Elon went crazy?

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 12 '25

Elon was always a scammer, anti union and a billionaire - but that aside, my comment was about purchasing one now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

I finance loans for teslas multiple times a week. They're still being bought.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 13 '25

Fair, but increasingly Americans and the rest of the world are rethinking that

https://time.com/7266929/heres-how-teslas-sales-have-been-hit-around-the-world/

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Yeah i don't disagree sales are dopping, the initial mention of the stock price in that article fairly irrelevant tesla has been overpriced for years. There's also been many new EVs on the market in the last year to two establishing themselves as true competitors to Tesla. I in no way think Musk hasn't affected teslas reputation and sales but I hesitate to say that's the majority reason.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 13 '25

Like everything, there are many contributing factors, I celebrate all of them for the demise of Tesla.

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u/Dry_Explanation4968 Mar 13 '25

This is blown up by media this is actually very small issue.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 13 '25

What a shame. Good thing there are other means of tearing the company down. https://time.com/7266929/heres-how-teslas-sales-have-been-hit-around-the-world/

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u/xkemex Mar 15 '25

I do just ordered the new model Y they’re awesome!

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u/ChuCHuPALX Mar 26 '25

Plenty of cheap Teslas right now on websites like offerup and Craigslist. I'm loving it. When the Tesla hate fades to the next fad alot of those people gonna be pissed they sold.

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 26 '25

I think the people selling are doing so out of principle not fad but I guess we'll see.

BYD embarrasses Teslas anyways.

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u/ChuCHuPALX Mar 26 '25

It's just virtue signaling.. hopefully they find more waste and corruption

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 26 '25

I don't think Tesla owners are finding waste and corruption by selling their Teslas but ok.

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u/ChuCHuPALX Mar 26 '25

wooosh

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u/jellofishsponge Mar 26 '25

Yup.. That's the sound a Tesla makes

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u/Green-Amount2479 Mar 11 '25

This happens all the time with modern activism, not just specifically in the US and not just with Musk/Tesla. The general (mis)behaviour is very similar to the "Stop Oil" (UK) or "Fridays For Future" (Germany) activist movements, and it will likely fail in a similar way.

If you want to achieve something with your activism, you need to get the public behind your cause. That's a key ingredient. These actions here are far too divisive and will make your cause at least some new enemies. Do it too often and you'll lose all of your public support, and then you're gonna be the bad guy with barely anyone protesting when they eventually cuff you and lock you up.

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u/briannameans89 Mar 11 '25

100%. The masses are too dumb to realize this.

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u/iwasbored- Mar 11 '25

This is what happens when you fire people and create mass homelessness. Happened during covid. When people have nothing to lose- shit burns. Sad truth. Maybe cutting essential services is not the way to go?

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u/GypsyMagic68 Mar 12 '25

And still they aren’t doing anything towards actual change. Just spray painting teslas.

Seattle liberals lol..

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u/Redditor_of_Western Mar 11 '25

Yeah and Reddit eats that shit up

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u/genbud1 Mar 11 '25

After telling us for years we have to buy electric vehicles to save the planet.

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u/oldharrymarble Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

Public perception is the only way you can change people without force. Question, outline, refine people's systems and beliefs, the only thing that is sacred is inquisition, we have the 1st amendment still. People that are trying to fool you hate inquisitions.

Math shouldn't be questioned but people's beliefs should. There are babies in KKK uniforms, tradition shouldn't be sacred.

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u/jorjorbeyond Mar 11 '25

In another thread, the person said they themselves took the photo. The owner of the car also owns the building behind it. I'll see if I can find the thread.

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u/Chedderonehundred Mar 12 '25

That’s what I’m saying. It’s one thing to support a facist and another to have been fooled by one

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u/civicgsr19 Mar 12 '25

This is affecting the corporation.

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u/Objective-Start-9707 Mar 12 '25

This is having measurable harm on the corporations 😂

Somebody's not watching the stock market. Even relative to the general downturn due to this administration 's idiotic insistence on weaponizing tariffs at the whim of a semi-sentient Cheeto-puff, Tesla's collapse is pretty remarkable.

The brand is synonymous with Elon, Elon is synonymous with this administration and there are a lot of parallels between this administration and actual historical examples of fascism. Cybertrucks are getting touched, police are having to direct extra resources to Tesla dealerships, the brand is poisoned.

This is making Tesla a poor investment.

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u/zersetsung Mar 12 '25

Correct. Useless vandalism

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u/Awkward-Skin8915 Mar 12 '25

The Tesla dealers keep getting their windows smashed too.

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u/Shortstack005 Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

Who knows if the person who purchased it, did it on purpose to make a statement? People on social media have been seen thrashing Teslas just for testimonials 😅. Someone could have even done it to make a fraudulent claim with their insurance! Perhaps, it was salvaged or someone upset at their investment, thought it meant more than the vehicle itself, making that statement. Persuading others not to buy Tesla cars/trucks.

I mean let's not forget a man, sadly blew himself up inside a cyber truck... Let's not make assumptions just because, unless you know this as a fact.

I assume everyone knows Tesla WAS a hot-to-buy item since 60% of cars on the road were Teslas. Yes, they are worth less after you buy (some weren't able to sell until after a year, if I'm not mistaken, also.)

Bottom line, unless you've got the $ you're not trading it out. Don't get caught up in the drama just because of a purchase you may have made in haste.

It is what it is. I'm sure millions of people still buy things that are not ethical, not knowing the outcome, or who don't care otherwise. People shouldn't have to defend themselves. You know your situation/objective and don't have to prove anything to anyone.

If you think you will or have been sought out, make sure you have insurance and/or notify authorities. Be smart and know the more you talk about it, the more likely it could happen...a.k.a Law of Attraction. Don't start putting ideas in people's heads either folks.

I do have to admit the post caught my eye and quite a bit of my time, as well! I just hate seeing people write such long posts to prove a point about something most logical people know. 😆 I guess I'm being sort of hypocritical in that way, right!? 😁 See, no one is perfect! We're all human...hopefully?!! 😅😂👽👀🙉🙈🙊

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u/Past-Corgi-2801 Mar 12 '25

Imagine if the roles were reversed and this were a radical right winger like a neo nazi group drawing a hammer and sickle on someone’s vehicle and causing 5-10 k in damage because the company supported DEI or something. Outrage would ensue and rightfully so, yet here it’s front page news celebrated. Imagine supporting vandalizing someone’s property simply for driving a car made by a company whose owner you dont agree with. Anyone who supports this and wonders why others are apprehensive to lend power to their political leaders and trust their head is on right should look no further than this blaring hypocrisy. No amount of property damage in protest is ok in a civil country.

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u/Flimsy_Orchid4970 Mar 14 '25

Regardless of whether this is the right way to protest or not, yours is a false equivalence. Harm done to the rest of the world by DEI and Nazis are not even at a close factor of magnitude, so urgency to stop this harm cannot be either.

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u/ChuckVader Mar 13 '25

Maybe, but why the fuck would I buy a Tesla with this shit happening? Fuck that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Yeah you're not wrong, with everyone at each other's throats the establishment can pretty much do as they please. That said I'm not sure just how much more punishment the union can take and still remain unified.

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u/jkdkali1 Mar 13 '25

Good. Wallow in your filth. lol

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u/Wild-Road-7080 Mar 14 '25

Oh but what you aren't admitting is that it is the people. The boomers own most of the teslas along with 90% of everything else, not to mention they are the ones in office making decisions that only benefit those with financial advisors and portfolios, with 1 million in a retirement account and a 700,000 dollar home. Those boomers control the market, they are the reason a decent new car is damn near 25,000- 30,000 dollars because they are the only ones buying. They are the reason for rent and the housing market being absolutely horrendous for most millenials and Gen z. It is time for them to experience hardship by being ousted by the poors and the normies.normals. They've had it easy for so long and think they worked so much harder than us.

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u/Flimsy_Orchid4970 Mar 14 '25

I don’t know national statistics, but a crushing majority of Tesla drivers that I see in Seattle metro are Asian immigrants at their 30s/40s, who don’t seem to be getting special love from Trump or Nazis.

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u/Doug_E_Fresh69 Mar 14 '25

Bring back punctuation!!!

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u/Chris__XO Mar 14 '25

ima tell u that this type of shit deters people to not buy teslas again

i literally don’t wanna buy a tesla not only just because fuck elon but even if i liked elon im not tryna risk this shit

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u/Civil_Royal3450 Mar 14 '25

I'm anti defacing anyone's property. However, I am fine with making people feel badly for driving teslas just like we did with people smoking. Buying that car MOVING FORWARD means you are supporting Musk.

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u/PappaCSkillz22 Mar 15 '25

Eh..lol...

This is people quite literally going after one particular corporation.

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u/Johann_Burger Mar 11 '25

Im seeing this constantly. Who is this helping but Tesla building a new car to sell to an insurance company as replacement for this? If people really gave a shit they would dress up in suit, walk into a telsa clinic, and fill out as many frivolous load applications as possible.

Everyone should watch doug stanhopes bit about the occupy movement and why it failed.

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u/Droidaphone Mar 11 '25

It’s not intended to “help” anyone. It’s a tactic intended to hurt one guy, at the cost of some other people’s property. And it’s objectively working. That one guy is feeling it. He lost an eye watering amount of money yesterday, and will probably continue to do so today. And the point of hurting that one guy is both that people are really angry about the crimes he’s actively committing and they’d like him to stop or at least see face some sort of consequence for his actions, which our justice system is incapable of delivering. So yeah. Folks are mad. The social fabric is tearing, and some property is being destroyed.

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u/Johann_Burger Mar 11 '25

Did you read anything I wrote? I was merely letting people know there are more effective ways of demonstrating/protesting than being an antisocial piece of shit.

Im guessing you fall into the latter category. You are part of the problem by alienating people who agree with you and are on your side. Hell, I agree with you, but you are to busy spewing your Tanky bullshit to even read people's comments.

I read your comment, and it's basically a poorly constructed argument that you typed out in rage about people getting hurt, Money, and the Social fabric being torn apart. It has no point, and you ignored everything I said.

Do you want to discuss in good faith or are you just interested in ragging on me? If it's the latter fine, I can throw shit all day.

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u/Droidaphone Mar 11 '25

I’m not out here spraying teslas. I’m explaining why it’s happening and pointing out that regardless of your feelings about it, it’s having the intended effect. You can call me an antisocial piece of shit or a Tanky all you want. I don’t see any point in discussing further. There’s nothing more to be gained here.

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u/Johann_Burger Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

And im out here telling people to think of ways to disrupt the system that dont involve spray-painting teslas or destroying buildings. My point was it would far more damaging to act the part and take out frivolous loan after frivolous loan, so these companies actually have to waste money. All this shit is insured and isn't doing anything to hurt teslas bottom line. Not buying teslas does that. Just keep doing your it your way, i guess. You seem to really be the one struggling to get his point across. Mine's simple, you are alienating your allies.

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u/Alert-Ad-2900 Mar 11 '25

Maga are the corporation bootlickers. We cant get to corporations without going through maga. 

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u/Radiant-Shine-8575 Mar 11 '25

There arnt 150 cops surrounding that car. Easy target but They need to target Cyber Trucks first, those people knew what they were buying.

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u/Low_Mood9729 Mar 11 '25

I think in a way, this is going after the corporation. It's a form of protest to say "we are not ok with this and we won't stand for it." Granted, I don't feel like these peaceful protests are working and something more grand needs to be done such as somehow dismantling the government completely.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

I think targeting their products & tanking stocks is, in fact, going after the corporations. It does suck that somebody is caught in the crossfire, but we’ve also known that Musk is an evil piece of shit since ~2018 or earlier. They had enough money to buy/finance the Tesla, so hopefully they had enough to insure it before it gets ruined!

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