Just Sell It, Bro

Stop Trying to Justify Your Tesla

I’ve seen so many of these, it’s rivaling the prevalence of the “Coexist” jumbled symbolism stickers.

Screenshot by author from Google Images

It would certainly be cool if we had more non-fossil fuel vehicles, and even cooler if we had better public transportation such that the average person didn’t need to have a car to get around (remember his Hyperloop idea over a decade ago? How’s that going?), but it’s hardly worth supporting a technological feudal lord running worthwhile values into the dirt.

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If you’ve been somehow miraculously insulated from the news cycle even more than myself, Elon Musk has been making headlines for his Nazi — err…I mean, Roman salute, cozying up to the Orange Oligarch, and tanking the absolute shit out of Tesla stock.

Image from user Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash

But this isn’t about him.

This is about Tesla owners pathetically backpedaling by slapping a sticker on the back of their car to say:

“Hey now, I might’ve bought a Tesla, but I only support fascism when it’s sleek and quiet… not loud, in your face, and yucky.”