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Oh I guess the orange con man is also gonna tell us what kind of underwear we're allowed to buy now.
Trump just has the strategy to give media 3 topics which make good headlines every day. Then he can do the "important" stuff unbothered. Soo, this ist the kind of stuff we hear about. But, what about the rest?
Exactly, it's all just smoke and mirrors.
"Hey, look over there while I do something under the table“
Hahahaha.
So whiny.
What's Musky gonna do? Sue everyone who doesn't buy a swastika like he's trying to do to advertisers who left Twitter?
Yeah I just dead-named that bitch
I might be interested once his down market options become available. Only because anything equivalent has been tariffed to nonexistence.
Your not allowed to do that
Would be nice if someone hacked a fleet of teslas to full-self-drive straight to the landfill.
So, what I’m interested in here is: what the fuck are you gonna do about it, orangeboi? Bitch and moan? What’s the punishment for boycotting the brand? Spell it out for me. I want you, or eel-on-musk, to explain what you’re going to do to directly counter this “illegal boycott” - putting aside the fact that that combination of words makes about as much sense as “aerodynamic bedsheet”.
Everyone who doesn't purchase a Tesla by 2026 is getting deported.
Why not just cut to the chase, make a presidential order saying that everyone must buy a Tesla and if you don't (or can't) you will be punished?
Translation: Stop resisting!
"Well, maybe it's not illegal yet, but it will be soon."
-Republicans, probably.
Based on his past behavior, I think we can all agree that of all the things this dumbass doesn't know, what's legal or illegal is definitely top of that list.
So it's now illegal not to buy a product?
Yes, see Israel.
What is this article? "critics said resembled a Nazi salute"? Fuck off, Nazi apologists. He did a Nazi salute. It happened.
Nowadays we're all under Leon's watchful eye. He'll call out billionaires and straight-up fabricate shit about them. He knows no one is gonna come at him in any meaningful way. If anyone should manage to get on his radar (camera, whatever lol... Had to throw in a stupid Tesla joke) they will be thrust into the public eye where he's comfortable and in control of the narrative enough to intimidate most into submission. He is big brother now, and it couldn't be stupider
Declaring a boycott as illegal is itself illegal and a violation of the 1st Amendment 🌷🌈🖕
Bad news, there's precedent for making boycotts illegal, though that's based on a deliberate misreading of hate speech laws
I was actually reading this wikipedia page earlier after posting and it seemed like these Anti-BDS laws only apply to government offices and government contractors
Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
A broad law mandating that the public at large can't not buy certain products, or can't ask others to do the same would be unenforceable I would think -- though I'm not going to doubt the Roberts Court ability to find some way to make something that absurd law if asked by their king...
I don't even understand how a boycott would be illegal. It's illegal to not buy products from a certain company? How can you tell if a person is not buying because they're boycotting or because they never had the intention of buying in the first place?
Everyone's actually required to buy a Tesla now or else they're gonna be in really big trouble
Maybe Trump doesn’t know what the word “illegal” means 
Oh, he knows. It’s his middle name.
The republican controlled congress will impeach any minute now...
Any. minute. Now.
Before people start throwing around the Mussolini quote, as much as I'd LIKE to believe it, apparently it can't be sourced. :(
The quote isn't WRONG, it just can't be sourced to Mussolini.
https://politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-corporate-state
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini
It is generally attributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor.
The quote, however, does not appear in the Enciclopedia Italiana in the original Italian.
Giovanni Gentile being otherwise known as the philosopher of fascism and the guy putting ideas straight into Mussolini's brain. Whether it's a paraphrase or direct translation, the idea itself is certainly covered by the more famous "everything within the state" quote and describes an undeniable goal of fascism.
Like I get it, kind of, the need to call him stupid. But we need to move past this and start calling it what it is. Power consolidation, violations of the constitution, a fucking coup. Him and his handlers know exactly what they’re doing.
Then deport me to Norway.
However, the billionaire's increasing government influence has aligned with a global decline in Tesla sales, leading some to believe his political moves are damaging the company's brand.
For me, the Tesla brand is permanently damaged. I will never buy a Tesla. I don't care if they're good EVs, I don't care if they're the best EVs, I will never buy one.
Like it wasn't "damaged" before, even from the start... It has always been bad.
The thing is they aren’t even good EVs.
Pretty decent dumpsters, though.
Raccoon approved apparently!
To Agent Orange, "illegal" means "me no like."
OPEC is not gonna like Krasnov pushing EV's
I'm a criminal.
Welcome to the club - sincerely all stoners pre-prohibition (Canadian)!
this guy wouldnt know 'illegal' if he grabbed it by the pussy
Are you suggesting that convicted felon Donald Trump lacks respect for the law?
The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.