• @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s absurd because there is no slippery slope. People are not going to start torching Ferraris or burn windows 95 CDs.

    It’s offensive because you are using it to defend an actual Nazi.

    Is it somehow acceptable for Elon to damage the lives of millions of worker who may be completely innocent?

    • @CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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      122 hours ago

      See you keep saying “defending a Nazi”. I keep saying “you’re torching the personal property of people who are not Elon Musk and who likely innocently bought the vehicle”. If you’re just going to talk right past me and start talking about Musk when I’m talking about individual workers, I don’t see how this is a real conversation at all.

      But just to be clear: torching Teslas that Musk already got paid for does not hurt him.

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        118 hours ago

        Just to be clear: torching Teslas that Musk already got paid for does hurt him.

        • Less people are going to buy vehicles that are often vandalised (by torching or other means) and cost more to insure.

        • Demand for Teslas goes down.

        • Less Teslas are sold.

        • Tesla makes less revenue.

        • Less dividends in the future.

        • Lower share prices now.

        • Musk loses money.


        Trying to claim this isn’t true = defending Nazi interests.

        Individual workers should blame Musk. Not protesters.

        • @CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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          17 minutes ago

          But share prices were already going down?

          You people are going this far just to rationalize the burning of cars. The toll this will have on support for the cause will dwarf the temporary damage to Musk’s assets. This is just blatantly stupid accelerationism.

          Go join an actual cause and be part of something. Stop lashing out like a baby.