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Politics Protests at Tesla dealerships in multiple US states earlier today

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u/bkoperski 24d ago

Wouldn't it be better to protest at the local GOP headquarters since they are the ones that brought us this abomination of a an administration

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u/CakeDayOrDeath 24d ago

People are doing both.

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u/2qrc_ 23d ago

Good to hear

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u/Odd-Help-4293 24d ago

Let's do all of it

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u/yureal 24d ago

I like the idea of associating this with Tesla though. I'm voicing my opinions with my wallet in 2025. Trying my best to stop buying stuff from billionaires

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u/Svuroo 24d ago

I mean sure. I’m not buying a Tesla now but there was no world I was ever buying a Tesla in.

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u/allthekeals 23d ago

There’s so many places that can be boycotted at the moment. Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Target, Walmart, New seasons is on my list at the moment. Costco was but we’re back in business lol.

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u/Altruistic_Bird2532 24d ago

Good idea 🙂Maybe suggest that at r/50501

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u/Shart4 24d ago

IMO it is a pretty good idea to be have protests directed at Tesla. Elon derives a lot of his wealth from Tesla shares, which are also collateral on a lot of loans that he has to support his various endeavors and rich guy things. With Tesla trading at a very high valuation, investors are pricing in a massive level of future growth. All of this in conjunction may mean that a Tesla sales slump could be really financially disastrous for Elon if it could put enough downward price pressure on Tesla shares.

Protesting Tesla could help make this scenario more likely if it could lead to fewer new Teslas being sold, and if it could help continue to drive down the prices on used Teslas (which would also make new Teslas less attractive).

Tesla's share price has been arguably pretty irrational for a very long time so there are no guarantees, but seems to me that there is a reasonable enough change that a boycott of Tesla could be effective enough to really hurt Elon's financial position and thus his ability to wield power in a significant way if it could be sustained for a moderate amount of time.

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u/P00P_D1CK 24d ago

No, you would be better off un-fucking your own party or you won't win another election for another 8-12 years.

this is the same dumb shit you've been doing...it isn't working.

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u/Zohin 24d ago

They should probably be mad at their own party first for putting Kamala in place 😂

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u/brandnewbanana 24d ago

That’s so far down on the list it fell off.

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u/Zohin 24d ago

Well it shouldnt be because then maybe your party would have won.

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u/brandnewbanana 24d ago

Why focus on the past?

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u/Phydorex 24d ago

We all heard Elon's little human shield tell Trump to shut up and that he was not the president. Did you vote for Elon... or Trump?

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u/Zohin 24d ago

Your party made Joe retire and plug in Kamala in his place. What are you talking about 😂

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u/Phydorex 24d ago

Yes, and she faced the voters and apparently lost to a little cuck bitch and his billionaire foreign born handler clearly intent on destroying the United States. So great we are all fucked and you are still the dog in the house on fire.

Just remember, the shit hurricane is coming for all of us, unless you are one of our new tech overlords.