• eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz
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    Unsurprisingly, Musk has disparaged Tesla Takedown as something astroturfed by wealthy liberals (and conflated the peaceful movement with attacks in which suspected arsonists threw Molotov cocktails at dealerships). On Saturday, he claimed without evidence on X that an “investigation” of some kind had revealed that wealthy philanthropists including George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix were funding the groups behind Tesla protests through the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue. Aside from misrepresenting how ActBlue works — it doesn’t fund anything but is rather a system through which donors can send money to Democratic political candidates and liberal organizations

    “It couldn’t possibly be the consequences of my actions, it’s wealthy liberals conspiring against me!”

    He deserves it and so much more.

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      Molotovs? I think you mean Jewish space lasers!

      Also I think it’s worth noting that he has hitched his cart to trump who has so far avoided any consequences.

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        If there was any proof that there is no “higher power” and that the universe doesn’t care about humanity one way or the other, that would be a very good example.

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      Surely he doesn’t mean the kind of wealthy liberals who would purchase a luxury electric car like a Tesla and who also don’t like authoritarians?