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[-] GrassCat@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

At this point it is most likely that it’s the dealerships themselves trying to burn these for the insurance.

Tesla's aren't selling?

  1. Set them on fire.
  2. Claim that it's arson.
  3. File insurance claim.
  4. Profit.
[-] deadfatquarterzip@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Probably. Unfortunately side effect is it constantly reinforce in people, "wow people really hate teslas" and further damaging the brand. I find it hard to believe Canadians would due this kind of a thing. Not that they couldn't, i just have a hard time believing it.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I don't hear Alex Jones screaming about inside jobs.

Probably because he's way too far up EMu's ass.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's still around? Whatever happened to people knowing when to call it quits and leave everyone's lives... I swear, ever since the 2000's and onward people just kind of stick around forever now. Guess that's another awful side effect of the internet.

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

He sure is and I hear you! It's unbelievable how cringy his show is now.

https://knowledgefight.com/

One of my favorite podcasts where they spend an ungodly amount of time dissecting his horseshit and laughing at him.

[-] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Upvote for Knowledge Fight!

I used to listen to Alex Jones for fun way before he was big. It was genuinely entertaining. Then Sandyhook happened and it wasn’t so funny anymore.

Knowledge Fight is like finding friends to make fun of Alex Jones with :)

[-] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

"It's a fact: jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to make steel girders melt! It was the lithium-ion batteries from a Model Y and a Cybertruck fired by railgun into the Twin Towers, with Dick Cheney and Saul of Saul's 3rd Avenue Deli pulling the triggers. People seen jumping out of windows were actually trans crisis actors wearing batwing suits, who nowadays tour encampments of Venezuelan gang members and Haitian cat rustlers across the Heartland with their drag, Spanish-language version of Hamilton. Buy my supplements!"

Whoa, sorry, don't know what came over me there.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Tesla doesn't have dealerships. All sales centers are corporate owned.

[-] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think that bit of syntax changes the point at all.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago

It does. A dealership is an independent entity. If cars were purposely being damaged, it would be Tesla doing that and not another company that sells Tesla vehicles.

[-] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

The corporate structure is not what the grandparent is referring to, it's committing arson to defraud insurance that he's really referring to. Any other "aKsHuALlY" details you added are distinctions without difference.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

There is a huge difference between an independently owned franchise committing arson vs the manufacturer.

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