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Lmfao ..how the times have changed. Just a few years ago, conservatives would have been cheering on the collapse of Tesla, maybe even suggesting that key fobs b

Lmfao ..how the times have changed. Just a few years ago, conservatives would have been cheering on the collapse of Tesla, maybe even suggesting that key fobs be replaced with coal lumps for authenticity. Back then, EVs were the enemy—symbolic of government overreach, environmental alarmism, and everything wrong with Silicon Valley’s utopian fantasies. But now? Now, some of the loudest right-wing voices are suddenly defenders of Tesla, hailing it as a beacon of free-market innovation. Why? Because Elon Musk started tweeting the right things. Suddenly, the same crowd that once mocked electric cars as glorified golf carts is singing hymns about "free speech" while plugging their Teslas into the wall at night. It's a fascinating shift. The same people who would have laughed at someone keying a Prius now see a scratched Tesla as an attack on Western civilization. Who knew loyalty was just one billionaire’s political alignment away?

NetOpWibby 2y ago
I’m in disbelief every damn day. The double think is mind-boggling.
- aaron695 2y ago
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- yaris 2y ago
  "One has changed their shoes in mid-jump" is the closest I can think of. "Changed on a dime"++, so to say.
hackingonempty 2y ago
Teslas run on electricity which means we need more power plants which means we need more energy produced by "Beautiful, Clean Coal" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/trump-ramp-up-production-of-beautiful-clean-coal https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/trump-r...
zppln 2y ago
And the same people who would previously chain themselves to an oil well are now setting Teslas on fire. Up is down and down is up.
- piva00 2y ago
  At least this still has complete moral logic so not really the same.
  - int_19h 2y ago
    It really doesn't, though. A Tesla that is already bought is good for the environment regardless of what Musk says, does, or believes.
- Tadpole9181 2y ago
  Well since the guy in charge does Nazi salutes and is destroying our government, I'm pretty sure that's consistent with their morals? Or are we conveniently leaving that off?
intermerda 2y ago
https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-to-biden-harris-sba-stop-playing-politics-picking-winners-and-losers https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-to-bi... > The levers of government should never be used to pick winners and losers based on political priorities. From six months ago. Six.
xiphias2 2y ago
It was a longer process actually. Left was against the Vietnam war, right was full of war mongerers. While feminism and sexual freedom stayed on the left, military industry changed sides. I don't think the industry loved a new space startup show how bad they are. Neither did the unions like that Elon was so strongly anti-union. Not inviting him on the EV summit and Tweeting that Ford is the biggest american EV manufacturer was just so strange.

NetOpWibby 2y ago

I’m in disbelief every damn day. The double think is mind-boggling.

aaron695 2y ago
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yaris 2y ago
"One has changed their shoes in mid-jump" is the closest I can think of. "Changed on a dime"++, so to say.

hackingonempty 2y ago

Teslas run on electricity which means we need more power plants which means we need more energy produced by "Beautiful, Clean Coal" https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/trump-ramp-up-production-of-beautiful-clean-coal https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-18/trump-r...

zppln 2y ago

And the same people who would previously chain themselves to an oil well are now setting Teslas on fire. Up is down and down is up.

piva00 2y ago
At least this still has complete moral logic so not really the same.
- int_19h 2y ago
  It really doesn't, though. A Tesla that is already bought is good for the environment regardless of what Musk says, does, or believes.
Tadpole9181 2y ago
Well since the guy in charge does Nazi salutes and is destroying our government, I'm pretty sure that's consistent with their morals? Or are we conveniently leaving that off?

intermerda 2y ago

https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-to-biden-harris-sba-stop-playing-politics-picking-winners-and-losers https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-to-bi... > The levers of government should never be used to pick winners and losers based on political priorities. From six months ago. Six.

xiphias2 2y ago

It was a longer process actually. Left was against the Vietnam war, right was full of war mongerers. While feminism and sexual freedom stayed on the left, military industry changed sides. I don't think the industry loved a new space startup show how bad they are. Neither did the unions like that Elon was so strongly anti-union. Not inviting him on the EV summit and Tweeting that Ford is the biggest american EV manufacturer was just so strange.