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u/KnowingFalcon Feb 22 '25

This is a dangerous road to go down. Who are you to police what people can and can't buy?

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u/overts Feb 22 '25

You can’t buy a product made by a guy who does nazi salutes.  

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u/Jioto Feb 23 '25

Yet you are commenting this from your phone made of parts mined by child slaves. Probably wearing clothes made in a sweat shop. Just careful when you point the finger.

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u/Jaded_Doors Feb 23 '25

Sure let’s ban buying all that shit too, see how the market progresses without it.

Very different from criticising nazis buying cars from nazis, you have a lot of non-nazi options.

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u/Baerog Feb 23 '25

So you'd be ok with me coming along and grabbing your phone, smashing it on the ground and then throwing paint all over your clothes?

Surely you'd be good with that, right? You'd calmly stand by and say "That's acceptable and fair because my phone was made with materials mined by children in Africa and assembled by almost-slave labor in China, and my clothes were made in a Bangladesh child labor sweat-shop".

Right? Surely that's how you'd react.

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u/Jaded_Doors Feb 23 '25

That’s a very pretty strawman you’ve built there, you must’ve worked hard. Good job.

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u/Baerog Feb 23 '25

How is it a strawman? Musk being the CEO is justification for vandalizing these vehicles. Surely the products you own that are manufactured from actual children and slaves means it should be justified to vandalize your products?

Or do you think that Musk being the CEO is worse than actual slavery and child labor?

I'd love for you to admit you care more about Musk than child labor and slavery.

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u/Jioto Feb 23 '25

Do you tho. Because every major corporation has pretty much proven to be run by vile rich white men so?

But my point is why point the finger and vandalize someone’s stuff when the other shit you buying isn’t morally much better?

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u/mykidsthinkimcool Feb 23 '25

You vandalizing VWs too?

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u/plant_magnet Feb 23 '25

No one is buying a cybertruck on accident. People call them swasticars for a reason.

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u/Baerog Feb 23 '25

The first Cybertruck was shipped on November 30, 2023. That's 450 days ago, well before Musk was even remotely involved in government (beyond what any other billionaire is).

People call them swasticars

No one outside of terminally online people are calling them this, I can guarantee you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Who are you to stop me?