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Re:Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decl... by bnjms on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:48PM (#42576686)
> rare to see, on the other hand, someone insert themselves into politics quite so loudly, and in such an extreme way.

Publicly sure. I assume it’s always been this way though. And I’m more concerned about the ones we’re unaware of.

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Re:Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decl... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:50PM (#42576707)
> Publicly sure. I assume it’s always been this way

Then you're misreading history. You have to go back to the age of the robber barons to find private individuals with the power to shut down the government [1].

[1] https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-congress-bipartisan-dea...

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