However, there was a feeling that at least some autumn could be due to the anger of the political activity of CEO Tesla Musk and the decisions made by the so -called so -called Efficiency of the Ministry of the Government Under its leadership. Since mid -February, the Tesla galleries have attracted protesters in 100 cities across the United States, wishing for passersby to know their emotions about Exporting Mink.
The protests are organized to follow this good sidewalk decoration Mariachi, Puppeteers and Cybertrucks bands are large with cardboard To decorate – was organized by a website with a name TeslatakenownAnd they have attracted a lot of media in this process.
Alex Winter, a person based in Los Angeles Document manufacturerInvoices and invoices from comedy about 1988 time Bill & Ted's wonderful adventureThere is a website creator. He told Wired that the Teslatakenown movement wanted to overthrow Musk: We aim to devaluate the brand. It is a very simple and effective means for people to leave and protest. The scope of communication amplifies the message of the movement, Winter said. We want to spread practical information, can verify Musk, Doge and why Tesla should be devalued.
Musk Musk himself is causing the Tesla brand, Mr. Winter Winter said. “We just help him.”
Teslatakedown started last month, started by one February 10 post on Bluesky via Joan DonovanA false information researcher and assistant professor of journalism and emerging media research at Boston University. Come and participate in an #teslatokeover international picket program, she wrote, then agreed with renaming the movement.
I wondered myself, what are I ready to do to raise awareness (about musk)? Well, I'm ready to go out on Saturday and oppose a Tesla dealer, Don Donan told Wired. I made a leaflet and started circulating online. Alex saw my article, and we started texting about what to do; All come together super fast.
At the first protest in Boston on February 15, there were 50 people. In the third week, this increased to 300. I met teachers, people working in the public health sector, retired people, students at universities, all Americans who wanted to see Doge disappear, Donovan said. This is not only a boycott of Tesla's strategy, it is a polygamy protest, where there are many dissatisfaction.
Elon Musk and Tesla did not respond to comments.
Erica ChenowethA political scientist at Harvard University, studying more than 300 modern uprising around the world and found that change often became inevitable when only 3.5 percent of population Join a movement.
Typically, there are more sympathetic to the movements than those who actively participate in them, Mr. Chenoweth told Wired.
So can Teslatakenown operate quickly? Instead of thinking about how long it takes, she said, I often seek to see if a movement has built pressure and motivation for each next action.
“In social sciences about these movements, many people talk about evoking training, making people in different pillars support their loyalty from the current situation.
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Those pillars may have shown signs of instability. Across Reddit, Tiktok, Facebook and even X, the posts began to stack the person saying they were abandoning their Teslas. Singer Sheryl Crow is one of the higher people among them, who posted a video instagram on Valentine's Day Good puzzle For her Tesla when it was kicked away on a flat truck.
There is a time when you have to decide the person you are willing to link. Therefore, Long Tesla, she wrote, added that she donated money to sell to the National Public Radio, because it was “threatened by President Musk.