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   scribe (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 22:38:19 JST scribe

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   • daveverse

   @daveverse.wordpress.com Or a large scale art project, automobile as symbol of both future and past?

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     daveverse (daveverse.wordpress.com@daveverse.wordpress.com)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 22:38:20 JST daveverse
     I own a Tesla, it’s time to divest

     Mark Cuban asked for ideas of things we can we do to make things better over the short term.

     Here's one. As a Tesla Model Y owner, I've had enough. I'm a child of Holocaust survivors. Musk doing a Nazi salute behind the seal of the president is too much. In memory of my parents and grandparents, I have to do something.

     Thus the question, how do I get rid of the car, so that it doesn't become someone else's car. To remove one Tesla car from the road, in a way that might inspire others to do the same. I'd like to communicate to other Tesla owners and Tesla shareholders that it's past time to stop supporting this company.

     The best answer I've come up with so far is a program where the car is disassembled and recycled, and the parts are not sold to Tesla.

     I don't now the business reality of this, but if I could be certain the car would disassembled and the parts recycled, I would contribute it without expecting any money in return. I would be willing to take a total loss.

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 23:40:23 JST simsa03

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     My goodness. You knew when you bought this piece that you would harm the environment and infringe on labour rights. You didn't care. Now you've grown a "conscience" and want to "remove one Tesla car from the road". Donate it here https://carhenge.com/ or build some equivalent where you live. At least this would professionalize your "conscience" by trying to advocate other people to drop their Tesla as well.
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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 00:44:33 JST GNU Too

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     If you want to virtue signal by stopping driving it good for you, but its going to be better for everyone if you donate to someone less fortunate who otherwise would be unable to drive a car. If you can't do that, and you want to get rid of it, you might want to reexamine your priorities in life.
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