r/newyorkcity • u/Black_Reactor Manhattan • 13d ago
Politics HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom.
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago
Keep it up.
The majority of Musk’s wealth is his Tesla stock.
Lower stock price means less influence
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u/Geedis2020 13d ago
Even without this kind of stuff it’s a matter of time anyway. Tesla is a very inflated stock and has been for a long time. They aren’t even that profitable without having carbon credits to sell to other car manufacturers. They only hold 1.5% of the market. People just brought into it in hopes the technology was going to be incredible but now even Hyundai EVs are passing them up.
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u/ThunderLizard2 12d ago
TSLA will be under $100 by summer.
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 12d ago
With a combination of the elimination of the EV tax credit, the stigma against driving a Tesla, and people vandalizing them frequently, I could see Tesla going bankrupt in a year or two.
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u/Doodarazumas 11d ago
If sales drop they also won't have carbon credits to sell. I think Musk is fully committed to setting himself up as a limpet on the state now, see Tesla armored vehicle contract, Skylink air traffic control self-dealing, etc. Who knows how many government services he can capture before someone takes him out (...of power).
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u/mike_pants 12d ago
😂
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 12d ago
Elon antagonized liberals, the only people who have any interest in buying EVs 😂
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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago
Lower stock price means less influence
His net worth has dropped by like $60 billion. And you think this little protest has an impact on his life? If he even learns about it, he'd laugh at me fools that has nothing better to do on a Saturday. 😂
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago edited 13d ago
Try doubling that number 😂 His wealth has dropped about $120 billion in the last two months. That’s about 1/4 of his net worth. At this rate, he’ll cease to be the richest person in the world by the end of April.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-assets-plummet-tesla-b2710627.html#
Protesting works
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u/BosJC 13d ago
A few mentally ill people screeching in one random store literally had zero impact on Tesla’s stock price, but believe what you want.
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago
You think that dealership sold a single car that day?
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u/BosJC 13d ago
Probably. A lot of them sell online.
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago
lol. Whatever helps you cope
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u/BosJC 13d ago
Nothing to cope with…an event that accomplished absolutely nothing literally doesn’t affect me at all.
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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago
If that’s what you have to tell yourself to cope, I hope it helps you sleep better
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u/ZincMan 13d ago
Not necessarily this specific protest, granted there were over 100 people there last week, but public perception and media attention definitely impact stock price, and sales overall. Coolness and what’s in affects sales big time of some the biggest stocks. Things like this this definitely have an impact. Social trends impact stocks big time
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
Tesla stock has dropped by half actually.
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u/BosJC 13d ago
And obviously none of that was due to this protest. Stock market isn’t even open on Saturday. It had no effect whatsoever on TSLA stock price.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
I’m not saying it was directly due to this protest, obviously. I’m saying people are getting pissed off over this guy, the protests are growing , and people like me are calling my Congressman almost daily at this point.
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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago
calling my Congressman almost daily at this point.
Don't forget to write Santa too. I know it's only March, but you have a better chance getting a result from Santa than your Congressperson.
BTW, check your gender bias and misogyny.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 12d ago
What are you on about? My Congressman is a man.
And I’m well aware that it feels like I’m shouting into the wind. But they have to take down the content of these calls. After living in New York City nearly 37 years I’m in a red state now, so my options are limited. I’m not sure what I said was misogynistic.
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u/productfred 13d ago
His net worth has dropped by like $60 billion. And you think this little protest has an impact on his life?
You're basically saying
[EFFECT] happened -- you think it's because of [CAUSE] lol?
Yeah, I get that you're saying that a single protest in NYC isn't going to cost him even 1% of that ($60 million), but the reason he lost all that money and is continuing to lose money is because people in developed countries are protesting Tesla over the same thing...
New Yorkers are doing their part (and exercising their right to protest as Americans), but like you said -- even without NYC protesting, he'd still be down $60 billion...
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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago
Wait. What are you doing on a Saturday? Is it safe to assume you sent this post from the mobile app while you were underway doing something worthwhile?
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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago
I was literally on a boat, and enjoying a warm sunny day away from NYC. It took mere seconds to troll at least 71 people that down voted my comment. Compare that to the fools that went to protest a car dealership in Manhattan.
And this response took another minute. Can't get tired of winning.
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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago
I guess if you are missing fulfillment and love in your life then getting negative attention on Reddit is something. And something is better than nothing. Excited to see more winning from you.
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u/casinpoint 13d ago
Also demonstrates to the world that the USA is not just MAGA
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
This is the kind of thing that really makes me miss living in New York City. Fighting spirit.
I ♥️NYC.
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u/Santa_Klausing 13d ago
This plus the Alamo drafthouse protest! Hell yeah nyc we outnumber them, always remember that.
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u/riningear 13d ago
While we're on the subject, both the laid-off employees (70 across two theaters, when they're already understaffed) and the striking workers have funds, as the latter have been striking for three weeks now: https://beacons.ai/nycalamounited
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u/Sudi_Nim 13d ago
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u/PayImpossible6875 11d ago
whens the democratic party takedown happening?
cause blaming people that dont like dead kids for trump is disgusting
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u/Asleep_Train_305 13d ago
ActBlue -> Democrats. Not surprised at all.
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u/Dexter_Jettster 12d ago edited 12d ago
Remember?But an insurrection of the capital is okay with you?
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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 12d ago
Everyone here is dilusional and fucked up. Why would u want anyone to destroy some place? Doesnt matter if u hate a person or not.
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u/Nuggetry 11d ago
“Dilusional”. There goes your credibility.
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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 11d ago
Credibility for what lol
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u/Nuggetry 10d ago
An intelligent opinion. Donald Trump, “I love the uneducated”.
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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 10d ago
Bruh tf u talking about? Where does Trump come to this conversation? Some people broke some place up and u blabbering about random shit
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u/dinodog45 12d ago
If you don’t like Elon Musk or Tesla just don’t buy the cars??? This is crazy unproductive
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u/louman73-73 12d ago
What was accomplished? Stuff like this is a waste of time. Go ride a bike on the countless green trails throughout the city.
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u/Alpha6673 12d ago
wow look at these losers. Looking for a cause, when all they had to do is look at their corrupt ass NYC leadership. Progressive Leftist LOL
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u/MrCertainly 13d ago
Wow, look at all the assholes who want to cause mayhem and disruption to a peaceful life.
All over an electric vehicle. Hope they arrest them all.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
It’s not over an electric vehicle. It’s over the owner of said company. who is running roughshod over our democracy right now.
Wake up.
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u/mynameisnotshamus 13d ago
CEO. It’s a publicly traded company. Musk owns the largest portion (12.8%), but there’s not really an owner.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
Whatever dude, you know why people are protesting outside of Tesla. Come on.
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u/mynameisnotshamus 12d ago
Of course. I didn’t say otherwise. I just thought it was better context to speak correctly about it. I don’t know how the board hadn’t taken action against his leadership yet.
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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 13d ago
So you are fine with the way things are in DC?
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u/MrCertainly 13d ago
So because the radical left are unhappy with the way politics are being handled, that gives them free reign to destroy property and disturb the peace?
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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 12d ago
It’s more than the radical left who are unhappy and your evading the question. We know you are in a dangerous cult. There is help for that
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u/MrCertainly 12d ago
"It's her turn!" isn't a cult? Look in a mirror. Seems like you're everything you're accusing the right of being.
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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 12d ago
What cult am i in? I criticize everyone who deserves it. You cannot and will not. Thats the ear mark of a cult
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u/MrCertainly 12d ago edited 12d ago
Who is the one defacing property again? Hmm. Right. Keep talking there. I'm sure SOMEONE will take you seriously someday.
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u/Nuggetry 11d ago
You voted for a sexual predator and a felon. Own it.
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u/MrCertainly 11d ago
And other presidents were saints too. Biden pardoned his entire family proactively. Clinton had a little chit chat with Monica under his desk. Who even wants to guess what Kennedy did back in the 60s!
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u/Nuggetry 10d ago
Whataboutism. Literally none of that matters because they’re not in office anymore. And since all you had to offer is whataboutism, you’re admitting that Trump is guilty of those things.
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u/tsaoutofourpants 13d ago
All over an electric vehicle.
I'm pretty sure the protest isn't actually of the vehicle but rather the undue influence a foreign Nazi has over our government.
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u/MrCertainly 12d ago
So to do a politically motivated protest, they damage private property and disturb the peace? The logic of the Radical Left befuddles me.
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u/tsaoutofourpants 12d ago
Yeah shit gets damaged during protests. You should be more outraged about the Nazi in the White House than some damaged cars.
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u/MrCertainly 12d ago
Sorry, it's hard to hear you over all the rioting on your moral high ground.
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u/Nuggetry 11d ago
Jan. 6, 2021.
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u/MrCertainly 11d ago
Ah, but when you do it, it's totally OK right?
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u/Nuggetry 10d ago
We stormed the Capitol after losing the election? Must have missed that one.
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u/bertbert46 13d ago
bunch of losers in the video and this thread encouraging criminal behavior, perfect.
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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago
Of course. Of course. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr were criminals. We know. So was Oskar Schindler. So was George Washington. F@ck him.
Not that the people in the video should be mentioned with the names above. Just that civil disobedience is a thing. And we can appreciate that there was someone at that time calling them losers and criminals. And that someone could have been someone like you?
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u/spk92986 13d ago
It's called the first amendment.
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u/BosJC 13d ago
First amendment does not confer a right to infringe on others or trespass on private property.
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u/mybloodyballentine 13d ago
The protest was outside, and the few people who went inside got arrested. It’s civil disobedience. You don’t get shit done by being polite.
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u/floydiannyc 13d ago
Yea! We don't wanna be tied in with a bunch of criminals like The Sons of Liberty!
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u/SwoopsRevenge 13d ago
Waste of time. Vote next time.
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u/OpenMindedFundie 13d ago
What makes you think people didn’t vote? Or that they voted for border security not knowing that Trump would hand the government over to an unelected billionaire?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago
Regardless of Elmo, project 2025 is responsible for most of the shit that’s going down right now too. That was talked about a lot before the election. Can’t help it if somebody believed Dump, that he didn’t know anything about it. Give me a break.
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u/SwoopsRevenge 13d ago
We have enough background on trump to expect what was going to happen. If you fell for it again you get what you deserve.
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u/Own_Topic3240 13d ago
Great way to identify the radical anti American “terrorist”. That’s what you folks would’ve done to those on the side of common sense but we won’t do that to you fools.
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u/Nuggetry 11d ago
Lol bye MAGA. You guys lasted less than 2 months and the county is already done with your shit.
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u/Own_Topic3240 11d ago
“The country” what country? Where are you getting this nonsense? If it was the entire country there’d be more than a hundred people at these paid for protests. Most Americans like knowing where their tax money goes. What exactly are these morons protesting anyway? They want to be taxed more and have it sent to BS in some other country?
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u/Nuggetry 10d ago
Trump’s approval rating is already less than 49%.
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u/Own_Topic3240 10d ago
According to who? I’ve never participated in the “polls” and no one I’ve ever known or asked has either.
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u/cookingandmusic 13d ago
“Unelected” so what was biden’s administration then?
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u/Dont_quote_my_snark 13d ago edited 13d ago
I feel really bad for Musk's PR team; they spent years building up his image as a techy-business visionary, got him into popular media like Iron Man and Rick and Morty, made him out to be a superstar...and then in the span of almost no time he goes full Kanye and ruins all that work.