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The public art project was organised by the social media campaign group Everyone Hates Elon. A 2014 Tesla Model S was provided by an anonymous donor “to create a debate about wealth inequality”, a spokesperson for the group said.


The participants gathered at Hardess Studios in south London on Thursday to take it in turns to swing at the car with sledgehammers and baseball bats. The destroyed electric vehicle, which retails for about £14,000, will be auctioned in the next few weeks, with all proceeds going to food bank charities.

“We’re giving Londoners a chance to stand up to far-right hatred and billionaires and express how they feel about the current state of the world,” said the group. “Therapy is expensive, but this is free.”
 

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A good comparison from an article in yesterday's Times about how major donors are abandoning Britain's Conservative Party because of the less than stellar performance of Kemi Badenoch, that party's new leader:

A third donor said: “It’s a bit like a new Tesla — do you really want to put your money in it until you see if it’s actually going to get to the end of the road?”

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Last week, hackers took over the crosswalk buttons of downtown intersections in Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Menlo Park in California, to play seemingly AI-generated clips of Elon Musk's voice.

As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, the satirical clips mock the billionaires in a number of creative ways, as seen in videos going viral on social media.
One crosswalk voice clip relentlessly skewers Musk's close — but possibly unraveling — relationship with president Donald Trump.

"You know, it’s funny, I used to think he was just this dumb sack of sh*t," Musk's cloned voice says in a video shared on TikTok. "But once you get to know him, he’s actually pretty sweet and tender and loving."

"Sweetie, come back to bed," a second voice mimicking Trump's replies.
There's also crosswalk audio clips of Mark Zuckerberg. But that's just his real AI persona. :hellokitty:
 

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Elon musk is JUST barely smart enough to hide his obvious racism behind a thin vail of plausible deniability. For example, he expressed support for Scott Adams after Adams went on a horribly racist rant. I swear, when I was a kid such racism would destroy public careers. ....not anymore! I also noticed many people can't see racism unless the racism is 100% overt. Musk would have to say something like "I hate black people." before many of his right wing fans would get it... or they are just playing dumb of course.
 

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They're just playing fucking dumb. They're racist AF.
Yes... but I think there are a lot of racists who just lack all self awareness about it. They still need to maintain some plausible deniability in their racism. Some republicans who hold racist opinions are fine hearing racist opinions as long as there is a thin vail that helps them stay in denial. They still get uncomfortable around people who just say the quiet part out loud.
 
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Yes... but I think there are a lot of racists who just lack all self awareness about it. They still need to maintain some plausible deniability in their racism. Some republicans who hold racist opinions are fine hearing racist opinions as long as there is a thin vail that helps them stay in denial. They still get uncomfortable around people who just say the quiet part out loud.
Everyone wants to be the hero of their own story, so you can't admit to yourself that you're an asshole.
 

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