Elon Musk’s endorsement of Trump has further driven a split in the Tesla community, with data on Monday showing customers are fleeing the brand in Europe.
  • IsThisAnAI
    1411·
    2 years ago

    That’s politics, this shouldn’t be a surprise. None of this is remotely illegal as suggested in the comments.

    • givesomefucksEnglish
      121·
      2 years ago

      People are saying it should be illegal and the fact that it is legal is an issue that we should fix…

      • IsThisAnAI
        215·
        2 years ago

        What exactly should be illegal about a politician promising policy changes, that positively affects individuals and those individuals showing their support for that politicians policy? I don’t think many of you have thought this through.

        • givesomefucksEnglish
          161·
          2 years ago

          The part where it’s 45 million a month in exchange for “policy” that could make the company 100s of millions of dollars…

          But in general, that any billionaire can just pay for the government they want.

          • IsThisAnAI
            13·
            2 years ago

            So you want to complain about funding, I’d agree. That’s not the complaint here or what is being said should be illegal.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Having your position on issues for sale isn’t illegal when you’re not in office, but it’s certainly not normal politics. It’s fuckin’ the weird for a politician to openly admit they’re for sale.

      • IsThisAnAI
        12·
        2 years ago

        So you mean to say that most politicians won’t change their positions based on their voting blocks demands?

        I hate Musk but I can’t see how any of this isnt standard fare in all of politics by definition.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Changing policies based on what voters as a whole want is democracy. Changing based on what one voter with a lot of money demands is corruption.