Donald Trump calls Tesla boycotts illegal
www.newsweek.com
The president said protesters were trying to "illegally and collusively boycott Tesla" because Elon Musk is in his administration.

Jesus, this guy gets dumber and more dementia addled by the day.

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I’m sure Trump saying liberals have to buy Teslas will drive up sales… how could that possibly fail?

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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        13 days ago

        I’ll smoke crumbs from my 40 year old carpets before I pay taxes on weed after all those decades of gleeful persecution and prosecution. The things Fantino used to say about pot users in the newspaper, and now he’s a canabis magnate. Fuck that, it’s black market for life.

        • Banana@sh.itjust.works
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          13 days ago

          You say that, but before weed was legal here i was buying ounces for anywhere from $150-$200 with extremely inconsistent quality.

          Nowadays if you don’t care about quality you can get an ounce as cheap as $60 Additionally, you can get an ounce of legitimately good weed for around $100.

          And honestly, the benefit of being able to grow our own legally is pretty nice.

          Aside from that I truly do understand the whole “taxation is theft” thing, but that has far more to do with the government’s mismanagement of tax revenue than the taxes themselves. Taxes are necessary for subsidy and they make important necessities far more affordable. If the additional revenue from cannabis was actually used properly, I’d be extremely happy about that especially since I’m actually spending less on weed now than before.

          And whatever, fuck fantino, everyone with a brain in their head can tell he’s full of shit.

          • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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            13 days ago

            Oh, don’t get me wrong, I am glad that legalization finally happened, and I do benefit from it. But the state and the capitalists that ultimately won/bought us legal weed (thanks?) don’t benefit from my addiction.

            My concern is not an abstract one about taxation/theft, it’s about the disrespect of cannabis users slipping without a transition into the exploitation of cannabis users. I don’t know what exactly is going on, but my spidey senses say not to be involved in that.