@onrust this feels like an escalation of the mostly-harmless petty vandalism of driverless vehicles in SF I've seen/heard about before. Maybe a bellwether of sentiment towards the "technology caste" for lack of a better term?
I read some authors that have added some additional commentary on pieces like https://www.wsj.com/economy/economy-inflation-consumer-spending-unemployment-e6856381 and they noted that "while people earning 200k is enraging I am begging you to look past this" and well...technology salaries being what they are...I can understand why this Waymo vehicle may have burned in effigy.