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[–] Curmudge_john@lazysoci.al 88 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (4 children)

We know that Teslas sometimes just catch fire on their own.

We also know that sometimes Tesla drivers will set their cars on fire themselves on purpose. Because of that...

We also know that Elon has a backdoor into all Teslas.

Now ask yourself which is more likely, the woke liberal crybabies actually causing violence or a drug addled and politically embattled CEO of a company that lost 50% of its value in the past 3 months creating a false flag to villainize the left and get insurance to cover damage to the vehicles he can't sell?

/s (kind of)

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 53 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Didnt the Nazi party burn down the Reichstag and blame it on the other party?

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[–] techclothes@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

Given Elons history, it's definitely possible.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 69 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Insurance fraud due to slow sales

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

perfect. let's see if all tesla dealerships do it

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 215 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

In posts on X following the incident, Tesla CEO Elon Musk called the incidents “terrorism” and said the company “just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.”

OK buddy.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 87 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

The cars suck, but he's right that the company hasn't done anything to deserve this. He's the one who chose to make himself the face of Tesla, though, so however people feel about him, they'll feel about any business he owns.

Terrorism, though? Hardly. It's protest. He's the one doing terrorism by dismantling the government.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 22 points 13 hours ago

The cars are poorly designed to the point of being dangerous. They deserve it a little.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 24 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (22 children)

Terrorism, though? Hardly.

Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature

Pretty much the definition of terrorism. Doesn't necessarily make it wrong.

That's what was so terrifying about the Patriot Act for so long.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 14 hours ago (23 children)

Violent, criminal acts

Property damage is not violence and nonviolent protests are not terrorism. They will claim it is. They are lying.

[–] kofe@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Gonna disagree with the anarchist viewpoint because physical damage to inanimate objects can still cause PTSD, battered spouse syndrome with enough incidents over time, etc. It's the threat of danger that matters.

Just because it doesn't fit your ideological view doesn't mean people are lying by looking at it differently

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 26 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (10 children)

Yes, but that definition also defines... basically all the most heinous things that Trump and those around him have done in the last... 5 years, lets say? ... as terrorism.

Remember CPAC, 2022?

... kinda speaks for itself.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure why some people are disagreeing - it for sure fits the definition. I'm not exactly sad about it - Musk is helping to rip apart the country and I have a hard time blaming people who feel that helping to rip apart one of his companies is about all they can do - but committing arson to further an ideology is terrorism.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Not sure why some people are disagreeing

They don't like the connotation. Which is fair. Nuance is hard and if you say "yes, we're terrorists" there's no way that's not going to be wielded against "your people" in the court of public opinion.

But facts are facts.

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[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 31 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

The board needs to remove Elon today.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 hours ago

the board are his handpicked toadies that have him a bonus despite tesla losing money

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

yep. I don't get why they haven't. He's tanking their shit badly.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (8 children)

They just paid fucking 60 billion dollars to him to keep him from quitting. Maybe a smidge of sunk cost fallacy.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Good. Let them drown with their sinking ship. They enabled his power grab in the first place and decided something as perverted and absurd as granting a single man $60 billion. Let this be a lesson in history books.

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[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Man, if I had the poor luck/foresight to have purchased a Tesla earlier, I would be driving like the politest mofo in existence these days.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I'd set it on fire and make an insurance claim.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 11 hours ago

Those damn leftists!

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

they should amend this Wikipedia article to include teslas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 23 points 14 hours ago

Can't believe the Insurrection Act is gonna be used because of homie's swasticars

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 43 points 16 hours ago

I have never, and will never, see anyone vandalize a Tesla. 🙈

[–] db2@lemmy.world 65 points 17 hours ago

Oh no. Anyway..

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (4 children)

Don't destroy Tesla cars, destroy the brand. Destroying Teslas means there's fewer Teslas and that makes them more valuable/reduces the flooding of the market caused by people selling their cars. The goal is to annihilate Elon's purchasing power to stop him from using it to implementing fascist governments around the world.

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[–] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I have zero evidence Musk ordered the Tesla vandalism. Which, coincidentally, is exactly how surprised I'd be to find out he had.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

Great way to get rid of rotting inventory and recoup costs through insurance.

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 35 points 17 hours ago

I didn't see nuffin

[–] ugtug@lemm.ee 6 points 12 hours ago

Tesla just likes building things that spontaneously catch on fire. 🤷‍♂️

[–] the803@lemm.ee 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

"Resist" is a tired slogan of the paid-to-lose Democrats, and the last time I saw it surface as "angry-Leftist vandalism" in pluto-fash corporate media propaganda, it turned out to be a Republican trying to cover up insurance fraud. They are too incurious to understand the difference between antifa and liberals.

Kool-aid-drinking Tesla dealers are losing their shirts because Glorious Leader locked them into bad contracts and is now poisoning the brand; they have AMPLE incentive to destroy their own property and play victim.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 33 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

As a reminder, Tesla is "direct to consumer" and the "dealership" is corporate owned!

So when the party of conspiracy theorists claims conspiracy against them, you can rest assured it's a conspiracy by them.

But that's what they'd say if the the tables were turned, so fuck 'em and their shit. I hope the insurance adjuster finds a way out and leaves them holding the bag.

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