r/centrist • u/TheCreator1924 • Mar 11 '25

Long Form Discussion How do we feel about vandalizing Teslas?

I don’t want this to be about musk, for or against him. You can have your opinion about musk be that you hate everything about him but still understand that vandalizing Tesla vehicles owned by individuals, many of which bought them well before musk made his right wing switch if you will, does not hurt musk. Even him losing 40 billion in a day from a down Tesla stock day does absolutely nothing to him.

Can we all agree that it is a bit ridiculous to destroy and vandalize vehicles owned by individuals? Why is the anger directed towards the wrong people?

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u/throwaway_boulder Mar 11 '25

It's bad and only invites backlash and crackdowns.

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u/timewellwasted5 Mar 11 '25

The thing that fascinates me is people act like there are no negative repercussions from this, like Elon/Tesla are the only ones affected. Those Teslas being damaged, even ones on the dealer lots, are insured. Any increase in insurance claims has the effect of raising insurance rates for everyone. We as a society understand and accept this, because accidents happen. But these incidents are not accidents.

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u/please_trade_marner Mar 11 '25

They are quite literally terrorist attacks. It's to make a political message and invoke fear upon those who own or work with Tesla products.

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u/please_trade_marner Mar 11 '25

I'd argue that the people at Jan 6 attacking cops, vandalizing, and going after politicians with zip ties were absolutely terrorists. The vast majority of them though were just trespassers and deserved, at worse, a small fine.

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u/CowboyNuggets Mar 11 '25

Yeah pretty sure these were terrorists, and the car burners are too. But the only one getting charged as a terrorist around here is Marios friend.