• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I don’t understand the market for the Swastikar. You need to love Nazism, believe that global warming is real, and be able to finance a 100K vehicle. That’s a Venn Diagram with an incredibly small center circle.

    The recalls and potential to be burned alive inside also have to be ignored.

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      I didn’t buy my EV for sustainability reasons, I bought it because it was the most cost effective and convenient commuter car for my specific driving profile.

      The sustainability is just a nice bonus for me that I don’t care too much about.

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      You need to… believe that global warming is real

      No you don’t. There are plenty of chuds who like higher-end electric cars just because they’re extremely fast.

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        Yeah but you dont need a Tesla. There are so many cool electric cars now.

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          Sure, but if they meet the parent commenter’s other two criteria (loving Naziism and being able to finance a $100k vehicle), especially the first one, why would they pick some cool brand when they could have a swastikar instead?

          (That downvote isn’t from me, BTW.)

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      You also need to be clueless about off-road and towing capabilities. I see an odd similarity to this car as the Hummer brand in the 2000s. It represented some sort of gluttonous American superiority at the time. Whereas the Hummer alluded to a military superiority, the Cybertruck now alludes to a BigTech superiority. It’s all the attempt to buy yourself an identity.

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        23 hours ago

        Whereas the Hummer alluded to a military superiority

        Uhhhh…you have seen the H3, right?

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            Absolutely. Just wanted to point out that the H3 exists, and everything after H1 implies nothing more than too much money.

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      I think it’s way simpler than that. Has to be, these people are dumb.

      A lot of people worship money, and, well… car made by richest man. That mean car good! Buy car!

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      3 days ago

      Conditions a and b line up well… no belief in global warming required to buy your favorite billionaire’s shitty tonka truck.

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      It’s simple to understand. Just look at the company’s stock value since the CEO outed himself as a Nazi.