Just have some peaceful protesters staying on the other side of the street and have them in shifts, do nothing else. Waste the police resources until they give up and leave.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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I dont understand targeting the Tesla dealers. Short term, I would think insurance would be a revenue recognition bonanza. Longer term, if violence continues, insurance rates would increase, so there's potential expense drag there.
All I'm saying is that targeting the commodity is misplaced aggression.
Maybe I am thinking about it wrong.
Individual acts will never overshadow an organized movement. But individual acts may stoke the public consciousness, though they can also stoke those in power. It's a tightrope to be sure.
I think that Tesla doesn't have a typical dealer network and they own their dealers which gave them a lot of trouble from the law.
It's about ssending a message
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Red rover red rover, send molotov right over
Man, look at that pile of tax money.
So I guess, if you want to commit a real crime you just threaten the Tesla dealership then go do your business elsewhere
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Who is going into that location to buy a car in these circumstances. That line of police is just as effective as any vandalism.
Tbh, yeah, this is a great point
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Bo Burnham's How the works works seems to be an appropriate anthem right now
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Look at all those short fat slobs. I bet theirs at least one punisher tattoo.
Protecting wealth. The rest of us can get fucked.
the cops aren't there to protect the everyday person. they're there to protect the wealthy.
That’s…what I said?
The previous comment... is a longer version of what you had originally stated?
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Police, on the wrong side of everything, since the start of time.
They had no choice in the matter. I am willing to bet no one wanted to stand there.
Cue: David Attenborough
"And here we see Dora the Explorer on an acid trip. Notice how she's completely incapable of resisting licking her monkey, Boots. Even Swiper feels sorry for poor, wet, Boots."
Look closer. Closer. See the chains? Me fucking either. Gawkgawk that boot deeper.
Yes Police are all slaves that have no option other than obey their masters
And yet they did.
Poor summer child....
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If I were the chief of Chicago PD and somebody called in a bomb threat I'd place, maybe, a patrol car or 2 nearby.
Wasn't there a famous movie scene about nazis, cars and illinois?
I hate Illinois nazis
You know, that's an opportunity.
Any time attention is focused on one place, there's less on another.
Take the moment and target something else.
Chicago has a pretty big police force unfortunately. Looks like around 12- 13k little piggies (source)
So about 25 cops here leaves... roughly 12- 13k cops in the rest of the city :P
That would probably work if there wasn't a ridiculous overabundance of cops in just about all American cities.
As it is, there's enough of them to function as a private security force for billionaires (their primary raison d'être) in greater numbers than usual like this without neglecting any of their usual oppression of minorities, poor people, and especially combinations thereof.
Unless these cops are in superposition, they can't be both protecting Tesla and, say, in their actual cars.
Their numbers are finite.
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In Minecraft. Always in Minecraft.
Their numbers are finite, yes. However, those finite numbers are much larger than they need to be and society would be much better and safer for the vast majority of people if there were almost none of them.
Not in Minecraft.
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Somehow I don't think that'll draw in customers.
Bullies group with bigger bullies. More at ten.
At least they protect them from the customers too :)
I think you're on to something... The pigs are protecting the public from the evil oligarch's company.
Yea, that's the ticket!
The optics on this are great. Any potential customer is reminded that if they buy a t*sla, they earn a target on their back