Lawmakers in New York state are moving to shut down Elon Musk’s Tesla dealerships in yet another blow to the billionaire CEO.
New York State Sen. Patricia Fahy and other lawmakers are fighting to remove a waiver that allows Tesla to operate five in-person dealerships in New York, instead forcing the company to sell their vehicles through dealer franchises, The New York Times reported Sunday.
“No matter what we do, we’ve got to take this from Elon Musk,” Fahy said in March when she first introduced the bill against Tesla. “He’s part of an effort to go backwards.”
She wants the company to relinquish its 5 licenses and instead distribute them to other EV manufacturers, such as Rivian, Scout Motors, and Lucid.
“The Trump administration has revoked the right to do business from Fairphone, Costco, etc. due to their spreading of dangerous WOKE ideology.”
Again I want this to happen but the justification as it stands is without precedent and is flimsy as hell
Reverse cause and effect. Wake up. They are already dismantling DEI and citizenship and due process and the courts and on and on. Now it’s your move in response.
They have gotten this far precisely because of the lack of spine in their opponents. They are absolutely leveraging tolerance and a rules based ordered retreat from people who don’t believe what they believe.
If you aren’t a bigot, racist or Nazi, they expect passivism, banging on powerless law books and some nasty bumper stickers as a response.
There is no “spine” in subsidizing car dealers. It’s just another handout to MAGA.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/rich-republicans-party-car-dealers-2024-desantis.html
Dude there are so many better ways to attack Musk than risking terrible optics/precedent to close five Tesla dealerships.
But why do you want to attack Musk though?
Are you mad because he cheats on his taxes or his wives? We should probably broadcast that our only problem is with his taxes. That would be a better way, right? Like, dont call him out morally, tolerate that and just look for a legal case?
Do you see the problem?
Because he’s a bigoted piece of shit dismantling our government and stealing info on US citizens to enrich himself as he needlessly persecutes marginalized groups with his rhetoric and actions.
Flimsy attempts to shut down a few dealerships that will have little to no impact on his life does nothing to solve the above.
So how come you think it wouldn’t be a very good piece of public policy to be crystal clear and honest about that?
Like why can’t the state say: “we are not subsidizing this business with taxpayer money any more, because of their ethics”?
You can make a legal case against Tesla for accounting or SEC violations or tax fraud…but that’s not taking a moral stand.
Because that is not a legally protected reason like religious beliefs. He hasn’t been convicted of a crime, he hasn’t taken an explicitly anti-religious stance, etc.
Again, they should say “due to the growing concern of Tesla’s alleged fraudulent behavior with EV tax incentives/government subsidies both domestically and abroad, we are reassessing the status of currently operating Tesla dealerships” (or something to that effect). That is related to Tesla. It’s way more legitimate than a vague gesture to “he’s a piece of shit.” You can’t refuse to let people do business because they’re bigoted assholes. That’s the sad reality.
You and I completely agree, it seems.
Love it when it happens! Been getting harassed by hexbear/lemmygrad fuckwits lately
I think you’re trapped by the Paradox of tolerance.
I know what that is and it’s not relevant. I’m not preaching tolerance. I’m talking strategy. I even provided what i believe to be a way better strategy using the same channels to get the same result.
How am I being tolerant of muskrat?
We could tolerate everything except intolerance itself.