Elon Musk is spending millions to elect Trump. Let’s boycott his companies

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/24/elon-musk-funding-trump-election-boycott-companies

44 comments

  1. I’ll go first and delete my X account. Who is with me?

  2. My sister was saving up to buy a Tesla but brought a Polestar instead – simply out of learning that Musk is a fascist asshole.

  4. He’s already doing that on his own, look at Tesla’s earnings today, profits down 45%, I think he should keep making it embarrassing to own a Tesla 

  6. I bought a Tesla before he went all lunatic, I’m thinking about selling it.

  9. He already backed down from that, but regardless, you shouldn’t buy a Tesla. The build quality is shit and you’re beta testing it. I’m not going to willingly be a test subject in a 4,000 lb killing machine that can do 0-60 in under 3 seconds. Electric vehicles are cool, but you can buy one much cheaper than a Tesla at this point. There’s other options now that don’t look as uninspired and have more features that aren’t just gimmicks.

    Also, Tesla was built on a lie that he was doing it to save the world. He did it to enrich himself.

    I deleted X months ago and my account. All it did was bring up right-wing nut bags that wanted to debate me on things like the humanity of people living in Gaza, and if women deserve to be able to vote. He destroyed it and made it worse in nearly every way. I can’t think of a feature that is better than it was before he was forced to buy it.

  12. I’ve been boycotting him for years. Ever since finding about the labor practices pushed by Tesla in their factories, I haven’t gone near any of his products. I do miss Twitter, though, as I got a lot of local news and updates from them (I never used it for social media).

    Of course, it doesn’t sound like I’m missing much from “X” these days.

    Still weird to see someone I used to admire (I bought the hype) turn out to be such a horrible person though.

  13. Both Twitter and Tesla are already hemorrhaging cash.

  14. Deleted my X account when he took over. Tesla is on my do not buy list now.

    Not necessarily because of Trump, but because he’s an asshole.

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  17. I wanted a Tesla for a little while since I wanted an EV for my next car. Now I’m going either Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Rivian because Musk is such an asshole.

  18. Tesla wasn’t even created by him! I feel terrible for the original creators :(. He ruined it

  21. We need to send Space Karen back to S. Africa.

  22. Excellent plan boycott Tesla. Not to mention X, which sucks anyway.

  26. I mean I don’t need an EV, I don’t need an underground tunnel dug, and I can’t afford a space ship, so I’m sort of already boycotting.

  27. Ive been boycotting already, was in the market for an EV last year. I won’t lie I was kind of a fan before he became a James Bond vilain. Settled on a VW.

  30. Sold all of my Tesla stock two months ago. Good riddance.

  31. How did a guy who worked on both electric vehicles and space flight turn out to suck so fucking badly?

  32. Didn’t he already pull his promised $45mil monthly donations? I think a judge needs to step in and hold him to his word again.

  33. I’m way ahead of ya. Never liked the dude, never had a Twitter, will never buy a Tesla. I’d rather push a Kia.

  34. Deleted the Twitter account when the idiot bought it and changed the name to X.

  37. Yep, been boycotting anything that asshole is a part of for years.

  38. I would never buy a Tesla, dude is a total nut job.

    A billionaire stuck in the body of an insecure teenager.

  40. I support any cause that screws over Musk. That man’s a charlatan.

  42. I mean, this is America. He has the freedom to do so if he so pleases.

    This does not mean there aren’t consequences to his actions tho. As we are free to not patronize his business ventures if we don’t align with his values.

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