How bad are things at Tesla? So bad that it would have lost money in the first three months of the year had it not been the sale of regulatory credits, credits that could be going away if the Trump administration gets its way on auto emissions rules.
What makes this uplifting instead of just news?
The fascist owner of that company.
And we are better off spiritually or socially for his company having a hard time?
Its not him. Its a symbol of him but not the actual fascist.
I am not upset at the news but it doesn’t bring me great joy as it does not change the situation, he has the ear of power.
This feels like celebrating a neighborhood burning cause you got mugged once when walking through it.
Then you and I have very different conceptions of a neighborhood. Neighborhoods contain humans and are good and bad as a correlate to their good or bad effect on people’s lives. Companies contain products and are good or bad based on how well they do or don’t serve the profit of shareholders.
Moreover a company facing consequences for giving all of its power to a fascist intent on literally funnelling the world’s wealth to himself and turning us back to feudalism is not merely symbolic, especially since his wealth is still tied to it. Sucks to suck. They could’ve dumped him with the Cybertruck.
Lastly, though bankrupting a company isn’t merely symbolic in this case, symbolic retribution is not worthless. If we made effigies of these people and executed them, lit them on fire, and dragged them through the streets, there would be real effects. The coalescing of the people’s anger, the fear of those who were burned in effigy, whatever steps that would be taken in response. Symbolic acts have power.
Your comparison didn’t make enough sense sorry. Tesla is directly related to his wealth, which gives him his power, which gives him the ear to power you mention. He’s an asshole. If you erode the value of Tesla, you decrease his power. Decreasing the power of this fascist asshole is a good thing.
This news does make me happy, but if you’re implying it doesn’t belong here I’d like to say I agree.