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.
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I've made fun of the French all my life for being smelly cowards, but perhaps we Americans are the smelly cowards.
Sorry France. Clearly you know how to get shit done.
We Americans have been propagandized all our lives to look down on the French, even before they whole "freedom fries" dumbfuckery.
We need to show them more respect.
I used to get into arguments about the "cowards" thing. Like yeah, they forfeit a time or two and lost a few fights. So have most countries, whether they let you know about it or not.
They have also been a global super power for at least as long as America has existed, or longer, depending on what you consider to be a super power. So yeah, they brushed up against a couple of rough patches in that time lol
They're also a big part of the reason America won the Revolutionary War in the first place.
A big part
I would argue America wouldn't exist without Frances aid, at least not in the form that it does now. Whether that was different founding fathers because of lives lost or still being an English colony one can only guess
I think France has won more wars than any other nation in history.
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It's the same with other EU countries, NATO article 5 has been triggered once, after 911. We came to help and lost many soldiers in Afghanistan etc. Now Russia is a major thread to Europe and the US is actively helping Russia.
The man speaks truth, perhaps we were lied to so we wouldn't look too closely at the united powerhouse of their working class
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Those folks have been militaristic badasses through history, from sacking Rome, to Jeanne d'Arc, to Napoleon, to the modern French Foreign Legion. But they make one tactical error with the Maginot Line, and everybody calls them "cowards," SMH.
For real, France gets so much unwarranted hate. The US wouldn't exist without them.
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There are still people here who were there for the Resistance.
That's the mentality you guys need to start adopting, because clearly the nice way hasn't worked so far.
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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.
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See?! Who needs a Military when your average population can be so conclusive!
I know what they meant, but I like the implication that it's only the first of many to be burned to the ground
I envy the French and their ability to fucking be disobedient.
Wow, that was an oversight of the Quality Department. Very likely that they allowed non-conforming batteries be installed in those vehicles. Oh well.
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Hitting the bastards in the pocket is one of the most effective ways of sending a message.
Wait was it set on fire or did the Teslas "Just Do That" as they are known to
In France and with Musk's actions it's "Teslas just do that" either way.
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Between the unrelenting protests and De Gaulle I'm very glad Germany gets to call France its ally these days
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Rule!
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.
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Tesla probably pays a lot more for insurance these days. Insurance companies are pretty evil, that works against Tesla in this case.
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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.
- 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.
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Anyone surprised? The France donβt like Swasticars
Yes!
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.
The average French must have a huge carbon footprint with all that arson going on
Any idea for eco friendly industrial sabotage? This is definitely purely hypothetical
Aren't bodies compostable?
Like most meat, actually composting bodies would require a very hot composting temperature, constant mixing, and you'd want to put it through a grinder first, or else it won't properly mix. Especially in the case of bones, those really need to be ground down so they can properly decompose.
Hypothetically, of course.
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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) β 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.
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