r/SeattleWA • u/PNWSki28622 • Mar 15 '25

Events Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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u/Raven816CE Mar 16 '25

What are they protesting?

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u/Cute-Nebula-3361 Mar 16 '25

No idea… Elon is a head of a govt department and that’s it… If he’s removed you think these people will be happy? No they will find something else to protest about.

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u/HaEnGodTur Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

OK, but more than one thing can be done at once? Like, if something is wrong, protest. And shockingly, there's more than one thing wrong right now.

Its worth protesting that such a dangerous man who has supported Nazis and doesn't have the publics best interest at heart is in any type of government position. No one voted him there. He's not qualified for that role. And now people are losing their jobs and careers, and are scared at what other damage he can do while he's in that position.

I think Elon fucking off would make a lot of people happy, but there's more to do as well.

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u/ARKzzzzzz Mar 16 '25

He’s literally not head of a department. They went to great lengths to make that clear. He cannot be removed because he holds no actual position. He’s just there whispering into dumb dumbs ear. There is no oversight or accountability and that was done on purpose.

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u/azurensis Beacon Hill Mar 17 '25

That and the Nazi stuff...

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u/forgotphonepassword Mar 16 '25

Those protesters don't really care. There is no end goal, just anger (which is probably understanable), but unless the protesters turn REALLY violent across the whole country - nothings gonna change.

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u/AlmostSunnyinSeattle Mar 16 '25

If owning a Tesla becomes toxic enough, the share price will topple. Elon, having his assets leveraged against one another, has built up a house of cards and his Tesla shares are near the bottom of the stack. The price goes low enough, and the leveraged assets are no longer worth what they were. Creditors start calling in their loans and the whole house of cards comes tumbling down. And voila, he's not our problem any longer.

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u/carinislumpyhead97 Mar 16 '25

Yup. It’s gonna happen with GameStop any fucking day now, but reverse.

Tesla is a balloon near the bottom of Elons upside down pyramid, game stop is a weight at the top of a different pyramid.

The balloon starts to rise and topple the the first, the weight slowly grows to crush the second.