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CarterBeatsTheDevil · 25/10/2024 21:24

Well, I hesitated before buying mine because of him. I wanted an electric car with enough range that I could get where I needed to for work efficiently and a functioning charging network, and the Model 3 was at the time the only option. The only other viable option for me would have been another fossil fuel car and I wasn't prepared to do that because my primary focus is to do what I can for the environment. So... competing priorities that are different from yours, I suppose.

Boltonb · 25/10/2024 21:19

This is exactly why I will never buy a Tesla. Never test drove or anything, as it’s simply not an option for us to contribute directly to Musk’s wealth. He’s a pig.

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Createausername1970 · 25/10/2024 21:11

Have you ever eaten Nestle products OP? If you have had a Nestle cereal, or bar of chocolate I could say you are supporting a company who chose to promote their products at the expense of innocent children's lives.

Very few companies have completely clean hands once you dig in to it.

TeenLifeMum · 25/10/2024 21:10

I have a VW… no clue who owns it or their politics.

Foofedifiknow · 25/10/2024 21:06

Ugh agree - if I bought a tesla I’d feel like a Hand maiden voting for Gilead status quo
Cringe cars
objectionable plutocrat owner

LakieLady · 25/10/2024 21:05

Orchidzombiewatch · 25/10/2024 17:40

What prompted me thinking was seeing a woman at the charging point who had a Tesla and then thinking that EM is a toxically masculine man, a misogynist, a racist and a supporter of Trump and Putin. I just couldn’t knowingly line his pockets.

It's academic, because I'd never be able to afford one, but I wouldn't buy one even if I could, for exactly the reasons you give.

I think boycotts are a powerful thing if enough people boycott companies that are involved in unethical things or whose major shareholders are, people and companies might think twice about their behaviour. Mandela always said that the boycotting of South African goods and services played a significant role in bringing an end to apartheid.

Sampler · 25/10/2024 21:00

I wouldn’t be seen dead in one, but each to their own I suppose.

Hoppinggreen · 25/10/2024 20:59

I love mine too
Easy to drive and very economical.
I bought it before EM started openly supporting Trump but it would have made no difference to be honest

Taishan · 25/10/2024 20:52

Our Tesla is proving to be the most reliable car ever.
We will get a second one soon.
£4.25 to drive 265 miles.
What's not to like.
It just about drives itself.

Itsalemon · 25/10/2024 20:41

We had a choice of a Tesla or a Polestar a few years back and the Polestar won no contest mostly because of EM. No I won't be lining his pockets and that was before all this Trump allegiance! Of course you can't know everything about every CEO but someone as blatant as him? You can't fail to notice can you and I would and have acted accordingly.

KizzyDora · 25/10/2024 20:32

Yes. It’s very hard to be a 100% conscientious consumer. I do my best but still plenty of my purchases are not as ethical as I’d like them to be.

Why not? Why can't you put your principals in action?

needhelpwiththisplease · 25/10/2024 20:22

We all use or consume something that makes someone else's life shit!
All of us!

Simonjt · 25/10/2024 19:02

Orchidzombiewatch · 25/10/2024 18:30

Ew. But nothing has come out about him being a paedophile or abusing women as far as I know.

So you are happy to support sexual harrassment?

CrystalSingerFan · 25/10/2024 18:46

Disclaimer: I don't own a Tesla, but I was stuck behind one on a queue on the M5 once, so had time to think.

Can any of the owners tell me why on earth the car's logo looks like an IUD and how they feel about that? Is it some kind of complex safety-first metaphor?

itsmabeline · 25/10/2024 18:41

I haven't checked the CFOs though, and they have a lot of sway and will often take over from a CEO when a CEO steps down due to reprehensible behaviour, so I think I'll need to check again.

Do you check?

itsmabeline · 25/10/2024 18:31

Exactly the same way I feel about the opinions of the CEOs of every company of every product I buy or service I use.

When I go to buy clothes I look up the comapny and CEO and check the CEO isn't a misogynist, when I go to the supermarkets I check if the CEOs of the company have been hobnobbing with the wrong people, when I go to get my child a toy I research the CEO of the toy manufacturer. I check every CEO thoroughly before every purchase.

Orchidzombiewatch · 25/10/2024 18:31

Lolapusht · 25/10/2024 18:19

Erm…

😂

OP posts:
Orchidzombiewatch · 25/10/2024 18:30

Snorlaxo · 25/10/2024 18:11

Gates has links with Epstein and a track record of sexual harassment at Microsoft.

Ew. But nothing has come out about him being a paedophile or abusing women as far as I know.

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ZoeyBartlett · 25/10/2024 18:26

I have two Tesla's both bought before Elon showed himself up as a complete nutter and when there were hardly any other electric cars around. I still love them and the reasons I got them ( I do think electric cars are better for climate) still apply. I'm not intending to sell.

Zebedee999 · 25/10/2024 18:26

Tesla moved battery tech on in leaps and bounds as well as pushing EVs forward massively. Musk is doing similar with space exploration.
The world needs companies like Tesla to innovate and most geniuses (as EM is) are often a bit OTT/off the wall/on the spectrum. I don't hate him for that.

It's a bit like all the women on MN going crazy to get tickets for Oasis ... despite their many examples of misogyny.

Lolapusht · 25/10/2024 18:19

Erm…

Jeff Goldblum What GIF by The Late Late Show with James Corden
Drfosters · 25/10/2024 18:18

the thread has veered off the question. You can boycott a company for all manner of reasons but specifically should you boycott because of someone’s (completely legal) political affiliations?

indigovapour · 25/10/2024 18:14

@Orchidzombiewatch I don't really buy a lot of diamonds, sorry.

Can you tell us what you particularly admire about the CEOs and shareholders of other car companies? VW? BMW? I'm sure they're all great people.

Simonjt · 25/10/2024 18:13

Orchidzombiewatch · 25/10/2024 18:08

Not MS because I need it for work and Bill Gates is a philanthropist. I do try and avoid Amazon due to tax evasion and treatment of workers. I can’t say I’m always on that though. It’s an area I fall down on when I need something quickly! No one’s perfect.

Ah, so you’re happy to financially support someone who sexually harrasses people, if you’re also paid to do so. Interesting