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Teslas are being called MAGAmobiles now that Musk bought Twitter and has shown his love for rightwing disinformation and keeps replying to and platforming alt-r

Teslas are being called MAGAmobiles now that Musk bought Twitter and has shown his love for rightwing disinformation and keeps replying to and platforming alt-right racists and other neo-nazi adjacent folks.

Gud 3y ago
Maybe in some tiny bubble, not in the actual world.
- res0nat0r 3y ago
  ? https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=560664892&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1029US1029&sxsrf=AB5stBjHjIyM0oXr1-131bpWQAoh3aVz-w:1693243558571&q=tesla+maga&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8sM7m7_-AAxWpFjQIHe_zCQoQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1728&bih=962&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=560664892&rlz=1C5GCEM_...
  - Gud 3y ago
    1(!) Google result for Tesla MAGAmobile.
    - res0nat0r 3y ago
      ? There's obviously more than one relevant result about this topic.
taftster 3y ago
I have this theory that Musk is just playing a long con and deep fake on all of us. He wasn't selling his cars to the likes of MAGA, so he jumped ship and switched sides to make Teslas look cool to the red consumers. The timing of the Cybertruck somewhat coincides with this flip. So now, Teslas are cool according to those right fringe folks. Of course, the blue side consumers are not super excited about Tesla anymore, but they are already "stuck" with their models (in general). And the red consumers are a bit more likely (maybe?) to follow a fad. Eventually, Musk will level out and Tesla Motors will just be a mediocre line of vehicles without too much political pop culture. But for now, he's basically playing with everyone to sway various opinions of himself and his companies (e.g. stroking his ego along the way).
- lukeholder 3y ago
  Nah most of the world doesn’t see themselves as red or blue and just wants an electric car. People who see everything through the lens of a party and a 2 party system are suckers.
- Fatnino 3y ago
  I know a guy with a tesla who is most decidedly on the red side of the political spectrum. He had that tesla from before musk turned into his current evolution and my guy currently wants to get rid of his tesla. Build quality issues or something.
smsm42 3y ago
Called by whom? Two dudes in Berkeley? Never heard anything like that.

Gud 3y ago

Maybe in some tiny bubble, not in the actual world.

res0nat0r 3y ago
? https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=560664892&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1029US1029&sxsrf=AB5stBjHjIyM0oXr1-131bpWQAoh3aVz-w:1693243558571&q=tesla+maga&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8sM7m7_-AAxWpFjQIHe_zCQoQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1728&bih=962&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=560664892&rlz=1C5GCEM_...
- Gud 3y ago
  1(!) Google result for Tesla MAGAmobile.
  - res0nat0r 3y ago
    ? There's obviously more than one relevant result about this topic.

taftster 3y ago

I have this theory that Musk is just playing a long con and deep fake on all of us. He wasn't selling his cars to the likes of MAGA, so he jumped ship and switched sides to make Teslas look cool to the red consumers. The timing of the Cybertruck somewhat coincides with this flip. So now, Teslas are cool according to those right fringe folks. Of course, the blue side consumers are not super excited about Tesla anymore, but they are already "stuck" with their models (in general). And the red consumers are a bit more likely (maybe?) to follow a fad. Eventually, Musk will level out and Tesla Motors will just be a mediocre line of vehicles without too much political pop culture. But for now, he's basically playing with everyone to sway various opinions of himself and his companies (e.g. stroking his ego along the way).

lukeholder 3y ago
Nah most of the world doesn’t see themselves as red or blue and just wants an electric car. People who see everything through the lens of a party and a 2 party system are suckers.
Fatnino 3y ago
I know a guy with a tesla who is most decidedly on the red side of the political spectrum. He had that tesla from before musk turned into his current evolution and my guy currently wants to get rid of his tesla. Build quality issues or something.

smsm42 3y ago

Called by whom? Two dudes in Berkeley? Never heard anything like that.