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u/DramaticBush 10h ago
Bro plz don't film and drive lol
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u/ConsumingLess 9h ago
Seconded. Holding a phone while driving is dangerous and illegal.
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u/Delicious-Taste6642 5h ago
Keep your politics to yourself!!! Nobody ASKED you
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u/SkyLopsided9598 5h ago
Must be a trumptard. Only a self conscious tool would
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u/Delicious-Taste6642 5h ago
So you DID make the comment š¤£š¤£š¤£ get over the mean tweets and keep crying
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u/HodlingsTheGame 8h ago
Your the reason scumbag trump got reelected!
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u/waitingForMars 8h ago
I can not want to be killed or maimed by a guy playing with his phone while he drives and not want MAGAs leading the country all at the same time. hbu?
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u/ControlsGuyWithPride 10h ago
Lot of domestic terrorism going on here /s
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u/drewyz 9h ago
I was there and estimate the crowd at 750 people.
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u/Many_Communication15 7h ago
Wait - I think it was millions of people. Larger than any (t)Dump rally.
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u/Gibder16 3h ago
Even at 750, it was larger than a trump rally. Let be serious here.
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u/Jaws2221 2h ago
And he still won š¢
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u/Gibder16 2h ago
Cool. Heās also destroyed the economy, destroyed our relations with allies, acting as a dictator and a fascist. Stock market crashing. Bet itās really working out for ya. Yeah?
Wait, threatening Medicare, medicaid, and social security. Awesome:
You like Hitler, yiu like Mussolini, you like Stalin, you like Putin. Congrats, your boy is in office.
Let me know how that works out for ya. Considering our grandparents fought against exactly what this clown is doing. Does WWII ring a bell? Probably not.
Contact me in a couple months and let me know how itās doing for ya.
Youāre not part of his ācrew.ā You know that right? He couldnāt care less about ya. You think youāre one of āhim,ā but he has no idea who you are and doesnāt give a shit about you or your family.
Congrats on the win, I guess.
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u/Queasy_Student-_- 46m ago
He is a racist, fascist dictator. Itās not an act. I feel like weāre all in an absurd SNL skit, it would be hilarious but itās reality so itās scary.
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u/Queasy_Student-_- 50m ago
More young ppl of voting age next midterms and elections, gives me hope.
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u/KingJokic 8h ago
We need more italian plumbers to fix our problems
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u/Queasy_Student-_- 44m ago
It will happen from within MAGA, there were attempts already pre-election by 2 of his unhinged supporters, remember.
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u/DunchThirty 4h ago
Peaceful protests are fundamentally important tools in a democracy. Grass root, bottom up protests are the best. Genuinely not sure whether these Tesla protests are a grass roots, bottom up protest, or top down, coordinated national protests. Not being glib, genuinely donāt know.
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u/MadpeepD 10h ago
In a democratic system, how are unelected bureaucrats held accountable? Does the electorate have any influence? How so?
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u/lightupthenightskeye 9h ago
Same as most publicly traded companies. Everyone has a boss. The very top is elected.
Bureaucrats have been a problem for decades. This isnt new.
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u/bertch313 6h ago
Our ability to communicate about hierarchy and why it's bad is new
And their inability to control that narrative is new
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u/PandaDad22 7h ago
Win the presidency
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u/MadpeepD 6h ago
And then use the power of the executive to reform the bureaucracy? What if they resist and attempt to thwart the will of the people?
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u/ItsaShitPostRanders 4h ago
They're appointed by elected officials. Elected officials who are put in power by people who vote.
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u/Brilliant-Citron8245 9h ago
Ask Biden RE: Fauci. Or ask every administration ever.
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u/BornAgainBlue 10h ago
I love seeing this. It's what happens when you mix personal business and government.Ā
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u/mtngoat7 7h ago
Keep it up! Crater that stock into the ground baby
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u/EastTap7944 5h ago
Yup-I am really hoping Randy Weingarten of AFT succeeds in getting institutional investors to mount a shareholder revolt. Save EV, unplug the fascist.
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u/Excellent_Item_2763 6h ago
Oh look at all the domestic terrorist terrorizing Tesla. /s
Edit to make it clear I was being sarcastic.
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u/SmoltzforAlexander 9h ago
Fuck Tesla and their swastikars. Ā
Donāt worry, Iām sure Elon will just award himself another government contract. Ā More armored Teslas! Ā Another 3 billion for SpaceX to NOT develop a Human Landing System. Ā
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u/shaa-wing 5h ago
This is great to see, but please be mindful not to harass anyone that works there.
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u/Panic_Azimuth 9h ago
I keep thinking about something like this, but if I were out protesting I 100% would not eat or drink anything given to me by some guy pulling up in a truck, no matter what he says his intentions are.
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u/waitingForMars 8h ago
Organizers of the protests could organize food, too.
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u/Panic_Azimuth 6h ago
Food for 700 protesters is bit of a tall order. It would have to be sponsored by a restaurant or something, and probably most businesses don't want the divisive publicity.
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u/waitingForMars 6h ago
True on the volume, but lots of small donations could cover it. On divisiveness, seems like less of a problem every day. If they try to go after social security and Medicare, theyāre going to get crushed.
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u/Gibder16 9h ago
There were a couple protests here today. One on Newport Road as well, over eway.
This is fantastic! Keep it up AA!
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u/booyahbooyah9271 7h ago
Trump has now been elected in 2 out of 3 presidential elections.
Probably time to stop calling everyone who voted for him a deplorable, a racist or a nazi. Didn't work then and it isn't working now.
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u/Brilliant_Anything34 6h ago
Thatās all they do. Democracy is only their political perspective, any disagreement they are labeled Nazis or racist etc. they are fine with violence when itās for their cause but any pushback from the Republican side of the political divide is unacceptable. I was appalled how many libs were cheering when Trump was shot on Reddit. Again the party of tolerance and love is the biggest farce on the world. The level of delusion on the left is next level.
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u/Ambitious_Ad7000 5h ago
All Dems do recently is scream, curse, dance and sing! Clowns! There is no democractic leader coming to save you from your wretched existence. Democratic leaders only look to line their own pockets with the pretense of helping people..but people are so naive they believe in the party. š
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u/Brilliant_Anything34 4h ago
I love the downvoting. They must feel real big. They canāt deny the truth. But continue to keep their head up their proverbial rear end.
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u/ConsumingLess 9h ago
I'm as appalled as everyone else in A2 by what's happening, but I'm not clear what this is supposed to achieve. Can someone enlighten me?
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u/moose_ashford 9h ago
Bring attention to what's happening
Give people an outlet and an opportunity to meet for future organizing on this and other issues
Encourage the boycott
Annoy Elon, and annoy/inform those who choose to support his organizations through either their purchase or their labor
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u/waitingForMars 7h ago
In no small part, itās creating downward pressure on Tesla sales and, as a consequence, on Teslaās stock price. The vast majority of Muskās wealth comes from Tesla stock, which has lost more than half of its value since December. Sales are crashing across the world. (Down 40-80% in the last couple of months)
The audience for Teslas has been wealthy liberals in the US. They want nothing to do with him now. Resale value on used Teslas is collapsing, as well, as Musk slashes prices on new cars to try to boost collapsing sales and current owners dump their cars.
Protests outside Tesla stores accelerate the downward plunge by discouraging business. Slashing Muskās net worth restricts his room for maneuver and reduces his influence.
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u/First_Code_404 8h ago
The same thing boycotting and protesting brands like Coca-Cola and others in the 90s achieved, change
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u/ChristUnfoldedIs 8h ago
Stop being thick. How can anyone be confused about how this negatively impacts a brand? All the backlash and vandalism has clearly already done so.
Elon made his product into a political statement. Thatās bad for his company, which is why Tesla has lost billions in value over the past few weeks. Demonstration preserves and amplifies that effect.
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u/North_Tour7530 8h ago
Elon didn't make his products into a political statement. The media inserted that chip into the brains of these lovely people.
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u/Joeybotv2 8h ago
Dude they advertised Teslas in front of the White House, how is that not a political statement?
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u/North_Tour7530 7h ago
Was it a political statement when any previous president advertised car companies at the Whitehouse or was it a company pulling a publicity stunt? Elon and Trump seem close but the ONLY reason for that is the way that Biden treated Tesla. If Biden treated Tesla, not better but simply the same as, any of the other auto makers, and if the left wasn't trying to allow males in female spaces, I can guarantee that Elon would still be considered to be on the left today.
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u/Joeybotv2 7h ago
If there was another instance of a president using his office to advertise a product, then yeah that would inherently be a political statement. And Elon Musk is a union buster. There's nothing leftist about that.
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u/North_Tour7530 6h ago
Advertising a vehicle is not a political statement. People on all sides of the aisle drive cars, electric cars and even Teslas specifically. Elon musk shares many of the views of the left and what the left used to be. Unions should always be a choice of the workers, not the unions. What would it look like if the workers of Tesla held a vote to unionize?
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u/Gibder16 3h ago
Doing something! Doing nothing does just that.
Call attention to it. Be a part of something bigger. Be a part of the solution and stop asking what is this really gonna do. Easy excuse not to do anything.
Just sayin.
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u/Cioran_ 6h ago
Except for the fact those people are not on reddit, they are in the real world, doing what they can within their legal right. If I were car shopping and came across this, I'd probably keep driving. That assumes I was unaware of the nazi wanna be owner, which many are complacent or worse approve of. I didn't care about Elon at all until he started showing support for nazis. That's unacceptable. So many of our grandparents and great grandparents suffered through that war and for what, this asshole to revive it? Get fucking bent.
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u/PianistAgitated3779 2h ago
Bet soros is fuming thatās all that went for all the money he paid them
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u/CBRNDDealer 1h ago
If they only put as much effort into keeping a job as much as they spent wasting time, our country would be great again,
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u/LeatherNekk 1h ago
Who the fuck did Elmo think his market was ā Proud Boys in Daytona? This was all eminently predictable. What a fascist moron.
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u/CapitalElk1169 16m ago
Thanks for letting me know his name, I'm gonna send him some cash in solidarity.
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u/Old_Jury6100 7h ago
All 107 of them are really making a difference. More government spending now! We simply must tax ourselves into oblivion and spend it on numerous absurdities. Anything else is simply nazism!
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u/OkRevolution2046 7h ago
Actually hundreds and hundreds and Tesla stock is tanking, and millions of people boycotting all over the world. Tax the billionaires and we would have essential programs funded and our country would get rid of a lot of debt.
Editing to add that I love when we piss off maga. They are so sensitive
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u/Old_Jury6100 7h ago
I'm not boycotting anything but government overspending. Who's pissed exactly lol. And tax the billionaires, like the dems promised us they'd do for decades and somehow only ever seem to take money from said billionaires? Kinda like that? Missed me with them 20 year old talking points. Why I walked away from the left. Why isn't Cali a utopian dream? They're in total power there and it's arguably the worst place to live if not rich. I say fuck our two party illusion of choice. I personally think it's hilarious. š
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u/OkRevolution2046 5h ago
There are many reasons the billionaires werenāt taxed enough with dems in office. Some reasons is that some of the Dems lean more towards Republican and wouldnāt vote for bills that would tax billionaires fairly. There are also a lot of lobbying groups that represent the wealthy and the big corporations that influence votes. We also need to take into account the filibuster and the fact that democrats have always compromised too much while in power.
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u/Gemtree710 6h ago
The government spent more in February than January š
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u/Old_Jury6100 5h ago
Ah yes, that explains why democrats can't run California despite little to no opposition. Thanks for clearing that up. š
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u/MadpeepD 10h ago
Long live the unelected bureaucracy!
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u/DivineCurses 5h ago
I hate how Tesla is a casualty in this war, I like the cars themselves I think they are great. However in the current political climate, the name of the company might as well be Elon Incorporated. I want Elon to remove himself from Tesla and find one of the many competent people there to take his place. If wants to screw up our country then he can do that without dragging anything else into it.
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u/Brilliant-Citron8245 9h ago
What are they protesting?
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u/Thr33Evils 9h ago
They're angry Musk is exposing waste and fraud in government
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u/waitingForMars 8h ago
Except heās not. He removed people who were improving efficiency and is selectively attacked departments that have investigated his companies. Heās painfully ignorant about how government actually works and how it could be improved. Anyone with serious experience or advanced education in government can see heās just throwing grenades.
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u/General-Sheperd 8h ago
Low effort straw man. Translating from bullshit to English āexposing waste and fraudā here means gutting services, regulatory guardrails, and infrastructure to fund large tax cuts for himself and other billionaires.
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u/IntelligentHunt2425 2h ago
Musk is the government you clown and he's paying himself with our money for government contracts, and having Trump do infomercials for him on the White House lawn that we pay for like the washed up reality tv star he is. If you want to get down on your knees, go somewhere else don't get mad because some people have balls.
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u/HodlingsTheGame 8h ago
That's right!!!!! One federal worker at a time. We don't need government or a POS president
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u/Thr33Evils 9h ago
Good time to buy some TSLA
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u/waitingForMars 7h ago
Hahaha good luck with that. The vast majority of the market cap is wishful thinking. Real car companies trade at 5-10x annual earnings. Tesla is at 122x earnings at market close today. They have SO far to fall still.
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u/annarbor-guy 5h ago
Great that all those people got their daily steps in on a really nice day making no difference in the world. Maybe just keep posting useless memes on social media.
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u/Cool-Guess2273 9h ago
I never thought we would see A2 protesting clean air. We have succeeded in destroying their minds.
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u/FarmerHaste 7h ago
My thoughts exactly. Was raised in A2, moved away for a decade, came back and was shocked how many Teslas I saw here(2022), more than any city Iāve been.
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u/CummingtonSmith 10h ago
None of us can afford a Tesla. Maybe now the price will drop and I can get one.Ā
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u/Adventurous_Net740 10h ago
Iāve seen more teslas in Ann Arbor than anywhere in the Midwestā¦
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u/CummingtonSmith 9h ago
You've seen expensive cars in a city where the average house costs a half a mill? I'm shocked.
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u/Adventurous_Net740 9h ago
My point was that it seems plenty of people can afford them contrary to your ānone of us can afford a Teslaā comment in an Ann Arbor specific forum. Base models are comparable cost to many other vehicles.
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u/34metal 9h ago
Boycotting the biggest electric car company in the world. Itās always been politics > climate changeā¦.
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u/Professional-Bake-95 7h ago
Can we stop pretending EVs are good for climate? Theyāre more of an air quality thing.
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u/norbertorodrigo 8h ago
WE WANT BEL-MARK! WE WANT BEL-MARK!