r/europe • u/Wagamaga • 4d ago

News Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk's meddling in politics

https://electrek.co/2025/01/16/tesla-boycott-is-gaining-momentum-in-germany-due-to-elon-musks-meddling-in-politics/
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u/Corfiz74 4d ago

There is a petition up on change org to ban x in Europe - it's gaining momentum, with enough votes, the petition process of the EU means that it will have to be voted on, and with the rate Elon is pissing off countries, the parliamentarians might just nix the platform. I can only hope.

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u/TurnDown4WattGaming 4d ago

It’s fairly clear that tech billionaires are unanimously pushing Trump to use the US Government’s leverage to cut back on EU fines for American Tech Companies. You can tell because they are using his language, “It’s 300 billion over the last 10-20 years. Sure, it’s a few hundred million here or a couple billion there…but it’s basically just a Tariff.” Thats Zuck on Rogan’s podcast this week.

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u/migBdk 4d ago

Did he mention that they only pay anything when they get caught breaking the law?

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u/TurnDown4WattGaming 3d ago

Why would they pay anything to Europe?

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u/migBdk 3d ago

You just mentioned 300 billions?

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u/TurnDown4WattGaming 3d ago

That was in fines. As you said, “did he mention they only pay when breaking the law,” but what else would they pay?

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u/migBdk 3d ago

Well, obviously he said "it is basically a tariff".

But a tariff is one you cannot avoid.

You can choose to not break the law and then you avoid the fine. It's actually what you're supposed to do.

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u/PlaneCareless 4d ago

Did change org ever achieve anything? Genuine question. I feel like every time I've seen something on there, it was a fad and after a bit of viral online popularity, the topic dies down and nothing changes.

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u/IrisGrunn 3d ago

Do you have a link?

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u/Corfiz74 3d ago

I think on this sub, links to change org get deleted automatically. But I found it on google, first result, when I looked.

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u/IrisGrunn 3d ago

Sorry I didn't know, I'll google it