France,
Once upon a time you came to America and helped us defeat a king.
Any chance you can come teach us how to protest? You folks seem to have perfected your technique.
Step 1) Be entitled
Step 2) Have politicians whine that you’re entitled
Step 3) Remind them physically that you’re entitled to be entitled or they’ll be sorry
Step 4) Profit
I feel like there should be a guillotine in there somewhere…
Well, that’s Step 3 in certain dire circumstances; except they end up sorry in hell. Most hope it never gets to that extreme.
I’ve been hoping it doesn’t get to that extreme but the hope feels fainter every day
Anyone surprised? The France don’t like Swasticars
Sometime im proud of my country
In these crazy times we need to stick together and make sure they can’t break us. 🇳🇱
At this point burning cars is just as much part of french culture as the baguette
The French national bird is a Molotov cocktail
While you may be right, I still want to make sure the Finns get credit for naming these home made petrol bombs since the origin of the name is just so badass.
molotov cockatiel*
I really like that this says “first” as if they’re immediately anticipating more
Hitting the bastards in the pocket is one of the most effective ways of sending a message.
I read a great comment on here from someone that destruction of Teslas on a lot is not the right tactic or is not as effective because of they simply get replaced (and more get made) and paid for with insurance money.
I read that spray painting personal Teslas is great for spreading the fear in media so that people don’t buy one in the first place and they sit unsold on lots.
The orgional person that said it was much better with the points than me. Did anyone else see it / can link it it?
Insurance isn’t free.
It also becomes more expensive if some damaging event just keeps happening.
It gets more expensive regardless
And then you take down the people insuring the Nazis and the Nazis
- Buy a share in a publicly-traded insurance company.
- At a shareholder meeting, ask if the company has factored increased political risk, vandalism, arson, third-party damage from arson, etc into its premium calculations for: Tesla owners; Tesla showrooms; Tesla charging stations; car parks that even have Teslas in them; any other conceivably exposed company or individual.
- Repeat with every other insurance company.
- Repeat said concerns in every other possible medium (is there a Lemmy community for insurance actuaries?)
- Sit back and watch people and businesses scramble to avoid “the Tesla tax” of ever-increasing insurance premiums.
Yeah but if you burn the whole showroom gonna be awhile before you can even buy more to sell more Teslas anyway. Which would be a huge disincentive to try to sell Teslas again anyway.
Tesla probably pays a lot more for insurance these days. Insurance companies are pretty evil, that works against Tesla in this case.
Id describe them more as accountants of life and death. They’re the bad guys, but evil implies a moral concept that is foreign to those people. They just don’t care about you or anyone else.
Yep, that’s evil. Good thing I don’t have to care what it thinks words mean.
Paint ball guns do some real damage to a cars finish. Happened to my car before Tesla existed and the paint sunk into the finish and was impossible to cover up.
In high-school some people froze their paintballs and it made dents. I would never suggest it.
It’s the same tactic as getting rid of pigeons. You don’t destroy the eggs, you make them unusable (plaster eggs). Because destroyed eggs are immediately replaced by the pigeons with functioning eggs.
See?! Who needs a Military when your average population can be so conclusive!
I envy the French and their ability to fucking be disobedient.
I’m loving France these days!
For burning Elon’s property?
Yes
No, for resisting fascism instead of kissing oligarchs’ behinds in an attempt to ratioanlize immorality.
To some extent, we are all paralyzed by the immense complexity of the world and we all have two choices:
- resist
- give up, comply, and conform
Should we assume you’ve made your choice?
Yes
That’s nasty
For having very few hydrants 🤷♂️
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I know what they meant, but I like the implication that it’s only the first of many to be burned to the ground
The Storming of the Asstille.
That’s the best I can do
I like it! Solid effort. I love a good history reference pun.
Because I believe I’ve seen you make It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia references before, I feel obligated to share what popped in my head when I saw this post ('cause my goofy brain is always forcing connections to it): “I will burn you alive like the last bitch who crossed me!” & “Ya light ONE Tesla dealership on fire and everybody FREAKS OUT!” - The French, apparently. They’re still hot!
Between the unrelenting protests and De Gaulle I’m very glad Germany gets to call France its ally these days
a qoute from marge simpsons, the french can be unpredictable" one minute thier kissing your hand, the next they are chopping your head off"
I think we’re running out the possibility that all the cars caught fire at the same time too early!
Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership: authorities
Toulouse (France) (AFP) – A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor’s office said Monday.
The prosecutor’s office told AFP an investigation has been opened into Sunday night’s attack on a dealership near the southern city of Toulouse which left eight cars burned out.
Another four cars were badly damaged amid evidence the blaze was “not at all accidental”, said the prosecutor’s office.
Philippe Guyot, mayor of the Toulouse suburb of Plaisance-du-Touch, told AFP firefighters had quickly determined that the cause of the blaze was criminal, adding the dealership premises had not been targeted.
A handful of anti-Tesla actions have occurred in Europe since Elon Musk’s rapprochement with US President Donald Trump, his backing of European far-right parties and attacks on diversity.
Sales of Tesla cars halved year-on-year in January 2025 in Germany and France.
The fact I gotta wonder if people lit them on fire in they lit themselves on fire due to shitty design is telling of what kind of company it is.
