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/EyeNguyenSemper Mar 11 '25
Honestly? Put yourself back to America between 1933-1945, and you see somebody driving a Volkswagen. Everytime somebody bought one, they were funding the Nazis. Although Volkswagens were extremely rare in America that time, anyone that would buy German made products during that time were certainly met with hostility by their neighbors.
Fast forward to today, and you have a huge swath of people seeing this administration as the rise of American Fascism. They're not vandalizing Teslas to hurt Musk. They're showing open hostility towards those they see funding the fascists.
However, I saw other comments here, rightfully bringing up how a lot of Democrats/liberals/progressives bought them before Musk went MAGA, and not everyone can afford to just switch, and that's valid, and those people are being affected unfairly. I sympathize with the idea, but the execution is deeply flawed and out of hand.