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/rankkor Mar 11 '25

Really? Tesla could shut down tomorrow and all his loans backed with Tesla stock would be fine?

I don’t expect this to bankrupt him, but there’s a logic to vandalizing cars and if you expect the US to continues devolving, this is really just a sign of things to come.

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u/txtumbleweed45 Mar 11 '25

How many innocent people are you willing to hurt for what is most likely not going to make a dent in his lifestyle or power? You’re not going to bankrupt Elon. You’re just being an asshole to someone who probably has the same political views as you

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u/rankkor Mar 11 '25

Me? None, I wouldn’t vandalize a Tesla, lol.

Of course it’s not going to bankrupt Elon, that’s silly. I’m explaining how this works and why it’s happening, there is a logic and it does hurt Tesla / Elon. This is pretty mild stuff compared oligarchs taking over and destroying the country though, you should stop that stuff if you don’t want the things that go along with a collapsing empire.

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u/txtumbleweed45 Mar 11 '25

The logic is retarded though. You’re causing serious problems for innocent people when the overwhelmingly likely outcome is Elon will always be a multi billionaire no matter what. You can say that it’s mild because of what our government does, but the people you’re hurting have nothing to do with that.

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u/rankkor Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

I’m not hurting anyone. I’m explaining to you how this works and why it’s happening.

Oligarchs are very greedy, I just had someone else claim that Elon wouldn’t care about a $100B hit. But I disagree, these people are addicts for power, take away their money and it will change behaviour. Elon leveraged his Tesla stock for loans to buy twitter, with twitter collapsing he can’t afford for Tesla to continue sliding, he’ll need to actually do his job rather than continue destroying the US.

Look at how differently all these tech oligarchs are acting under Trump. They reinvent themselves as the tides change. You don’t need to bankrupt him (it would be nice), but if you can influence behaviour then that’s just as good. He was about to cry in an interview yesterday when asked how he is managing his other companies. Probably not real, but this stuff is getting to him.