Jesus, this guy gets dumber and more dementia addled by the day.

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      I don’t even understand how a boycott would be illegal. It’s illegal to not buy products from a certain company? How can you tell if a person is not buying because they’re boycotting or because they never had the intention of buying in the first place?

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        I was actually reading this wikipedia page earlier after posting and it seemed like these Anti-BDS laws only apply to government offices and government contractors

        Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.

        A broad law mandating that the public at large can’t not buy certain products, or can’t ask others to do the same would be unenforceable I would think – though I’m not going to doubt the Roberts Court ability to find some way to make something that absurd law if asked by their king…

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    However, the billionaire’s increasing government influence has aligned with a global decline in Tesla sales, leading some to believe his political moves are damaging the company’s brand.

    For me, the Tesla brand is permanently damaged. I will never buy a Tesla. I don’t care if they’re good EVs, I don’t care if they’re the best EVs, I will never buy one.

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    What’s Musky gonna do? Sue everyone who doesn’t buy a swastika like he’s trying to do to advertisers who left Twitter?

    Yeah I just dead-named that bitch

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    Like I get it, kind of, the need to call him stupid. But we need to move past this and start calling it what it is. Power consolidation, violations of the constitution, a fucking coup. Him and his handlers know exactly what they’re doing.

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    Based on his past behavior, I think we can all agree that of all the things this dumbass doesn’t know, what’s legal or illegal is definitely top of that list.

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    So, do I turn myself in, or just wait for someone to call the authorities?

    I think I’ll wait.

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    Before people start throwing around the Mussolini quote, as much as I’d LIKE to believe it, apparently it can’t be sourced. :(

    The quote isn’t WRONG, it just can’t be sourced to Mussolini.

    https://politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-corporate-state

    “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini

    It is generally attributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor.

    The quote, however, does not appear in the Enciclopedia Italiana in the original Italian.