That is UnitedHealthcare.
That is what occurs when the Democratic management is somnambulant, individuals take issues into their very own arms.
I don’t know if this information has made it into the suitable wing blogosphere. However within the mainstream press this week there have been all these tales about Tesla gross sales tanking. Considerably.
And now persons are attacking Tesla automobiles and dealerships and…
We will’t say precisely how many individuals are accountable, however one factor is for positive, they’re tapping into an anger that permeates the left, if not a number of the proper too.
We might make this about Musk. Prognosticators imagine it’s solely a matter of time earlier than he’s excised, that’s Trump’s model, however actually that is about frustration with the course of the nation beneath Trump’s rule. The Democrats hold telling constituents to imagine within the system. In the meantime, Mike Johnson tells his minions to cease holding city halls.
In different phrases, the federal government could also be shedding management of the general public, and that’s by no means an excellent signal. Trump’s approval rankings are dismal. And when individuals really feel powerless…some take motion. And similar to with UnitedHealthcare, their habits is endorsed by most of the people and chaos guidelines.
You may’t paint another person’s automotive. You may’t shoot bullets right into a automotive dealership. However that’s what persons are doing.
Now you can say that individuals have a proper to precise themselves… Which is what they mentioned to Elon himself, who uttered some nonsense about non-public property and I’m not saying he’s flawed, but it surely’s now not concerning the regulation, however about feelings.
Let’s take it additional. You may’t take anyone’s job in America at the moment. You may’t fireplace them. Speak to anyone in management at an organization. In all places from the meeting line to live performance promotion. With the intention to fireplace somebody…you want a litany of documented misbehavior, and you continue to might must pay them to go, to keep away from a lawsuit. Neglect what’s proper, that is the state of affairs.
AND ELON MUSK IS TAKING TONS OF PEOPLE’S JOBS!
Now what. Most individuals don’t have deep pockets like Elon. We hold studying how shut everyone seems to be to being broke, with just a few weeks’ cash within the financial institution. You fireplace these individuals they usually’re simply going to shrug their shoulders and get on the bread line?
NO, THEY’RE GOING TO GET ANGRY!
That is what occurs once you’re wealthy, each Trump and Elon, you’re out of contact with the general public. Sure, sure, sure, Trump channeled the dissatisfaction of the blue collar employees and underclass, however don’t suppose he actually is aware of something about their lives. Are you aware anyone wealthy? Particularly those that grew up wealthy? Their experiences, their perspective is totally different. They don’t know what they don’t know.
As for Elon… He was squeezed out of PayPal for being an a**gap. His Teslas are accountable for extra accidents per car than another model as a result of the self-driving software program doesn’t work and positive, he blasted off just a few rockets, however a bunch blew up too. And Canada simply canceled its Starlink order. I imply why within the hell is that this man a hero? To not point out he fires individuals willy-nilly.
And I’d be shocked if this anti-Tesla fervor is tolerated on X. It’s free speech for him, however not for the remainder of us. Identical to it’s socialism for the wealthy and capitalism for the poor. Musk is the beneficiary of presidency cash for SpaceX, however he’s gonna fireplace the asses of the hoi polloi?
Oh, he would possibly rehire some individuals. However as soon as bitten, twice shy. It’s not like these employees are going to breathe a sigh of reduction once they get their jobs again, they’re going to maintain trying over their shoulders, they’re going to clam up and defend their jobs initially. And also you’ve obtained Trump saying air site visitors controllers must be MIT graduates. AT THAT PAY?? Like I mentioned, he’s out of contact, he doesn’t understand how Individuals stay, by no means thoughts not realizing how America works.
Contemplate this a information bulletin. Don’t blow again with proper wing crap. If somebody units a Tesla on fireplace, that’s a truth, that’s occurred. There are not any different truth patterns right here.
That is the Arab Spring second I’ve been talking of. When the federal government loses contact with the general public, who is aware of what is going to occur, all the pieces is up for grabs.
And that fruit vendor who began all of it fifteen years in the past… He was annoyed over his JOB, or lack thereof. He was a school graduate, and now he’s promoting FRUIT?
I’m not saying that America doesn’t have issues. I’m not saying that there’s no authorities waste. However you don’t throw the child out with the bathwater. And there’s no comprehension of the results on individuals’s lives. Screw the nation, most individuals solely have one life and if you wish to mess with their job, their well being care, their high quality of life, you’re going to listen to about it.
All of it comes right down to earnings inequality. That’s what ails America. You may solely hold the individuals down for therefore lengthy. Many on the suitable need the federal government drowned within the bathtub as a result of they need extra money of their pockets. They’ll barely make ends meet.
And the good mass of the general public must be uncovered to the life and shenanigans of the wealthy and well-known and now you’re going to take issues away from them?
As soon as once more, if you wish to see somebody get indignant, simply take away their job. Now the whole nation goes to go postal!
As soon as once more, don’t argue ideas with me, I’m simply reporting the details, which can have eluded you.
The “New York Instances” simply printed this text:
“Rage Towards Elon Musk Turns Tesla Right into a Target” The backlash towards the electrical car firm has turned violent at instances, as its billionaire chief govt parlays his assist for President Trump into consequential affect over the federal authorities“
And the conservatives and progressives each hate the “Instances,” due to opinions expressed on the editorial pages, however the motive the “Instances” triumphs is due to its reporting. You’re getting opinion on speak radio, blogs and podcasts…when was the final time Joe Rogan ever did any reporting? However if you wish to know what’s going on… Simply learn the “Instances.”
And it’s not solely the “Instances,” the “Washington Publish” printed this text at the moment:
“Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla tons” The string of violence towards Tesla storefronts, charging stations and automobiles exacerbates the corporate’s woes, analysts mentioned.”
And if you wish to monitor Tesla’s waning fortunes, simply learn the “Wall Avenue Journal”:
“Tesla’s Fortunes Fall as Musk Rises in Trump World” CEO’s politics erode model’s enchantment amongst some core consumers of electrical automobiles; ‘I used to idolize the man’
We’ve skipped proper previous the nonviolent protests of the sixties to the actions of the Weathermen.
And issues are a lot worse general than they have been within the sixties.
And if we are able to’t cease college shootings, how within the hell are we going to cease random acts of violence towards Teslas…and who is aware of what else subsequent.
Individuals are sick and uninterested in their leaders. They’ve disillusioned them repeatedly over a long time. Do you suppose Democrats are going to belief and comply with the mealy-mouthed politicians in D.C? Solely these within the recreation take Kamala Harris’s run for California governor significantly. We’ve had sufficient of her, her inauthenticity, refusing to go on document and offend anyone, her phrase salad disappointing those that imagine in progressive ideas.
Ooh, the reality!
Dropping your job has no political ideology. And it’s taking place to these on either side of the political spectrum.
Musk, et al, have misplaced management of the nation. You need me to imagine some inexperienced twentysomething is aware of extra about my work than I do?
That is only the start…
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Initially printed by Bob Lefsetz within the March 8, 2025 on the Leftsetz Letter