• sanpo@sopuli.xyz
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    7 hours ago

    I’m not excusing burning down innocent people’s property, but Teslas are not cheap.

    I doubt anyone who’d lose one would have their life destroyed.

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      4 hours ago

      Many people save up for such a major expense, like a car
      So they save up for years, because they really would like to have that one specific car and then some idiot comes around and destroys it, because he doesn’t like the owner of the manufacturer

      And many people bought it while Tesla was pretty much the only decent EV

      and even if the driver could buy the car without selling his kidney, it doesn’t mean, that he has a bunch of cars in his home

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      7 hours ago

      So what are we saying? Destruction of people’s property is cool if it passes some arbitrary threshold that seems like they must be “well off” to own that property?

      Does that also mean it’s cool to rob anyone who owns a macbook, on the assumption they’d have a cheaper laptop if they weren’t loaded?

      Where I live, the taxi drivers primarily are driving Teslas and other electric cars because they do crazy mileage for their job and so over time the Tesla is actually the most economical choice for them. And that’s just a regular working class job.

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          6 hours ago

          Well you said those words, but then followed on by saying what seems to be an excuse for exactly that - effectively they are rich so they can afford it

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            3 hours ago

            The original commenter said that burning down Teslas might destroy the owners life. This is a car that costs somewhere between 40000 (?) and 150000 dollars. Someone who can afford that is highly likely to recover. That’s what this commenter pointed out.

            Stating that isn’t saying that it’s cool to burn down a random person’s car.

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      7 hours ago

      People regularly buy vehicles significantly above their means for whatever reason.