Re:Tesla Q1 2020 Update
by anoncareer0212 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:05AM
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No, what's 'crazy' is having to read a mind-numbing comment claiming anyone is 'locking up people in their homes', in service of defending an out-of-touch billionaire who flies twice a day on his private jet, 200,000 miles in just the last 3 months. https://twitter.com/evdefender/status/1252352769605791744?s=...
Why out of touch? Because 74% of Americans support the quarantine https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-c...
Why is this all particularly insane? Musk went on to praise China's reaction, which _actually locked people into their homes_ and their "opening" is our "locking up people in their homes". https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/asia/wuhan-coronavirus-lockdo...
Re:Tesla Q1 2020 Update
by ramblerman on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:14AM
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This isn't your typicial political argument where you pick a side and dig in your heels. It's more like a goldilocks situation where we need "just enough" measures.
In that vein I don't think we should just silence the opposite side and dismiss people wanting to open up as "crazy".
You can't praise China for its response then criticize the American response as fascism in your next sentence.
Re:Tesla Q1 2020 Update
by anoncareer0212 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:34AM
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Okay, but that conflicts directly with the idea we need to avoid labelling someone ranting about facism, locking people in their homes, and The Meaning Of America.
Why. Personally I do think we should stay inside, but it's not an invalid argument to say that locking people in their homes on penalty of fine is a weird thing. Too much economic damage could cause deaths well beyond COVID-19 so there is a balance to be found.
But to go a step further and invalidate any criticism of locking people up inside their homes as 'crazy' is out of the playbook of 1984