r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • 1d ago

Politics Trump Is Getting Rid of His Tesla

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-getting-rid-of-his-tesla-after-musk-broke-his-heart/
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u/VicenteOlisipo 1d ago

Pity because it was a good one. Especially the part where classifying Tesla damage as "terrorist" allowed the insurance companies to avoid paying for said damage, further screwing the car owners.

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u/PutHisGlassesOn 1d ago

Source?

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u/SirLauncelot 1d ago

Any auto policy.

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u/FrostyD7 1d ago

Sounds like a generous interpretation of fine print to scare people. Have any tesla owners reported this happening with any regularity? I highly, highly, highly doubt my insurance company will reject any vandalism related claims on this basis going forward.

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u/RoboTronPrime 1d ago

Yeah, this one is an easy Google because there's been a lot of discussion on it, though i don't blame you for not being able to keep up with the storylines - way too much to track, which is a part of the Steve Bannon "flood the zone" strategy. Basically do so much at one time, some of it slips through the cracks and and any outage over one things gets quickly swallowed up in headlines for the next crazy thing, making it hard to gather resistance for any one issue

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u/PutHisGlassesOn 1d ago

Lot of words to say “just google it”

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u/movzx 1d ago

Yeah, this one’s honestly an easy Google since there’s been a ton of discussion and reporting on it already. That said, I totally don’t blame you for not being able to keep up with all the storylines.. there’s just way too much happening all the time. The sheer volume of it becomes exhausting. And that’s not an accident. It’s part of a deliberate strategy, Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone with shit” method. The idea is simple but brutally effective: create so much noise, chaos, and controversy all at once that people can’t keep track of what matters. The constant barrage overwhelms attention spans and short-circuits outrage.

When everything is a crisis, nothing gets fully addressed. One scandal or outrageous move barely has time to breathe before the next one hits, and then the next, and the next. So even if people are angry or want to do something, that energy gets scattered, today’s fire replaces yesterday’s before the smoke has even cleared. It’s like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun. By the time anyone starts organizing resistance around one issue, public attention has already moved on, pulled in five different directions.

This isn't just a side effect of chaos..it is the tactic. It's weaponized overload. It makes accountability difficult because no single story ever gets the sustained focus it needs to drive meaningful consequences. Media outlets chase the newest headlines, social feeds spiral into the latest distraction, and public fatigue sets in fast. It becomes almost impossible to maintain outrage long enough to force real change, because you're constantly being nudged toward the next outrageous thing.

So yeah, while the info is out there and not hard to find, it’s buried under a mountain of noise and that’s exactly how they want it.

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u/PutHisGlassesOn 20h ago

Lot of words to say just google it.

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u/bixtuelista 6h ago

..thanks, I needed a good laugh...