It is not illegal for consumers to boycott companies. The Supreme Court in 1982 ruled the First Amendment protects Americans’ rights to protest private businesses.

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    14 hours ago

    Funny how they preach “the market will regulate itself” until it regulates itself in the “wrong direction”. And all of a sudden something needs to be done by “the government”.

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    Okay, guess I’m technically not boycotting Tesla. I just straight up can’t afford a car, not in this economy. Nor do I care, because there’s a bus stop just down the street. Not that I’m intimidated by Trump because I’m not American and he can’t prosecute this shit even domestically.

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    15 hours ago

    Soooo … Trump thinks he can force people to buy Teslas? Just like Elon is trying (and failing) to sue companies for not advertising on Twitter.

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    “Mr. Trump, you just attempted to overthrow the government of the Leader of the Free World™️, convinced the supreme court to hand you unlimited authority, and you still got elected president! What are you gonna do now?”

    “I’m going to Disneyland!”

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      I don’t think they’re panicking, this is how they always behave. Trump is saying a moronic thing again to draw attention from the actual important authoritarian shift onto “what stupid meaningless shit did he say”. It’s the same fucking playbook every time.

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    Someone’s being a pissbaby because nobody wants to buy stuff from fascists. Lul.

    This makes me think he just has no idea what a boycott is, because for it to be illegal, purchasing a Tesla would some how have to be legally mandate.

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    Even if boycotting were illegal how in the fuck would that be enforceable?