• essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    13 hours ago

    The “uplifting news” that makes us all think about US politics again, for the 40th time today.

      • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
        621·
        14 hours ago

        And we are better off spiritually or socially for his company having a hard time?
        Its not him. Its a symbol of him but not the actual fascist.

        I am not upset at the news but it doesn’t bring me great joy as it does not change the situation, he has the ear of power.
        This feels like celebrating a neighborhood burning cause you got mugged once when walking through it.

        • Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.worldEnglish
          112·
          14 hours ago

          This feels like celebrating a neighborhood burning cause you got mugged once when walking through it.

          Then you and I have very different conceptions of a neighborhood. Neighborhoods contain humans and are good and bad as a correlate to their good or bad effect on people’s lives. Companies contain products and are good or bad based on how well they do or don’t serve the profit of shareholders.

          Moreover a company facing consequences for giving all of its power to a fascist intent on literally funnelling the world’s wealth to himself and turning us back to feudalism is not merely symbolic, especially since his wealth is still tied to it. Sucks to suck. They could’ve dumped him with the Cybertruck.

          Lastly, though bankrupting a company isn’t merely symbolic in this case, symbolic retribution is not worthless. If we made effigies of these people and executed them, lit them on fire, and dragged them through the streets, there would be real effects. The coalescing of the people’s anger, the fear of those who were burned in effigy, whatever steps that would be taken in response. Symbolic acts have power.

        • Tiger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          14 hours ago

          Your comparison didn’t make enough sense sorry. Tesla is directly related to his wealth, which gives him his power, which gives him the ear to power you mention. He’s an asshole. If you erode the value of Tesla, you decrease his power. Decreasing the power of this fascist asshole is a good thing.

    • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      14 hours ago

      This news does make me happy, but if you’re implying it doesn’t belong here I’d like to say I agree.

    • carlossurf@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Im shorting tesla stock lol 3000$, hey if i lose whatever but could win big lol, also fuck that nazi elon

    • Ordinary_Person@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      14 hours ago

      Nah, I can’t say that about Star Link despite who the awful owner is. People rely too heavily on Star Link now and there’s no competition. If you need a car you can buy a different EV, but they can’t do the same for an Internet connection. However, this would be a great time for some other billionaire who sucks a little less to start a competitor.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      15 hours ago

      It’s not happening at starlink. There is no competition and people who have it are not going back to the shit they had before.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    21 hours ago

    It is fun to see that the little plus they made came from regulatory credits, i.e. emission trade. Which is likely to be chopped under Trump for being woke in the highest.

  • demizerone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    23 hours ago

    Suddenly I realize what all the data he gathered is for. It’s a dead man switch. He dies or gets thrown under the bus, he releases all the data the government knows about all the wealthy dodging their responsibilities and shitting on the middle class.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      15 hours ago

      Why though. It seems nobody cares. It could be released and people would go who cares.

    • BussyCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      22 hours ago

      That would be the best case scenario, in reality he just datamined and is using it to sell metadata to foreign countries and train an AI on data that nobody else had

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      I don’t know, for the purposes of everything that got him to power and is keeping him in power those people don’t seem to care if everyone knows their business.

      Nobody’s saying the quiet part quietly anymore.

    • muusemuuse@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      15 hours ago

      So you are saying Elon saw what happened to Epstein and thought “He might have been onto something…”

  • BedSharkPal@lemmy.caEnglish
    160·
    1 day ago

    Good. Let them burn. The moment that loser heil Hitlered he should have been removed the next day. You are now complicit and have chosen your side.

  • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1031·
    1 day ago

    Lol, read the title of the article, saw that it is in “Uplifting News”, was confused for half a second but yep, I’m ok with this.

    • Hayduke@lemmy.worldEnglish
      50·
      1 day ago

      I too had a sensible chuckle. I do feel for the employees who just want to produce cars and innovate. Sure sucks being drowned by your own mother.

        • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zoneEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          The new model Y is out I believe. Britain seemed slow to catch up, urm catching up to fewer sales that is. Apparently they have some very decent incentives over there driving sales. However I think they are now in line with some other countries regarding sales, and that is even with the new model. ( From something I read online )

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      141·
      1 day ago

      Didn’t even realize until you pointed it out. I did feel a bit happy while reading, so that checks out.

      Then, I thought about the way America is sinking, and the power vacuum being left behind. Gotta say, I wasn’t quite so uplifted any more now that I remembered that China will be taking that role on the world stage. Maybe 100 years from now people will be watching Chinese movies and using Chinese loan words.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        1 day ago

        Maybe 100 years from now people will be watching Chinese movies and using Chinese loan words.

        In the West those movies will probably still be in English and mainly from Hollywood. But China will own half the companies making movies there.
        Things will change, but somehow they will remain mostly the same.

      • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
        61·
        1 day ago

        China is facing a huge demographic crisis in the next 10-15 years, so I don’t think so. More likely the EU steps up but the world becomes more multipolar in general.

        • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          Can you please elaborate or explain what you mean by this. As in what are the details, why would his be happening ? Thanks.

          • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
            101·
            1 day ago

            One child policy left them with a population bubble that’s going to burst. Meaning population will nosedive because the older generations were so much bigger than the newer ones, this means there’s not as many grandkids making money for the family, especially since their youth is having a hard time finding good jobs, also, since the youth are unemployed, they’re not as likely to come up to speed as fast as if they had been working in their field should an opportunity show up. And with so much of their youth being educated, nobody wants to farm or manufacture anymore. Population bubbles come with EXTREME economic dangers that will require massive policy/societal change at just the right time to navigate through. It’s like doing WRC racing in an 80s Porsche 911. I’m sure it CAN be done, but good luck.

            However, the US is trying to manufacture this problem with chasing off Latinos. Without immigration, were a nation in decline.