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Summary

Anti-Musk protesters held widespread "Tesla Takedown" demonstrations at Tesla facilities across 253 cities worldwide on March 29, 2025.

Protesters are angered by Musk of leading efforts to dismantle federal agencies via the unofficial “DOGE” initiative.

Organizers encourage boycotting Tesla to hit Musk's wealth and power. Protesters expressed concerns about democracy and Social Security cuts.

Tesla sales have slumped amid backlash, while Musk faces criticism for inciting harassment and ignoring calls to condemn protest-related violence.

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[-] dwazou@lemm.ee 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Forget about his politics. Elon Musk is a filthy criminal.

Journalists from Reuters found he deliberately sold dangerous cars to customers.

👉 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/

Engineers told him the self-driving system was dangerous. He told them to shut up. And innocent people died:

👉 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/magazine/tesla-autopilot-self-driving-elon-musk.html

Guess Elon Musk's reaction after these stories were published. He blocked links from Reuters and the NYT from Twitter. Making sure they don't appear to users.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musks-x-delays-access-content-reuters-ny-times-social-media-rivals-2023-08-16/

He tells people "The truth is on X. You are the true media now". Which is complete non-sense.

This man's goal is having uninformed consumers. He hates real journalism that hold him accountable.

[-] ploot 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The Trump administration has been trying to brand anti-Tesla protests that damage cars as "radical left Terrorism."

Trump says violence against Tesla is domestic terrorism

[-] Eruanna@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago

The one I was at in St Louis had about 300 people, I was impressed!

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 3 days ago
[-] Eruanna@midwest.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not while I was there. We did get coal rolled, which I thought was ironic.

Edit: I stand corrected, looking though my pictures, looks like police at least were keeping a pretty close eye out. I didn't see any interaction though.

[-] blakenong@lemmings.world 4 points 3 days ago

Hah. Yeah the whole Tesla maga thing cracks me up. Maybe they could put gas generators in the bed of the cyber truck. Unmuffled, of course.

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago
[-] noride@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

Somehow looks more lifelike than the real thing.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Imo it looks better than the real thing. That sloped back that turns it into like a hatchback looks kinda nice actually.

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