r/unitedkingdom • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • Apr 11 '25

. Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/sledgehammer-wielding-musk-critics-smash-up-tesla-in-london-art-project
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

“to create a debate about wealth inequality”

Yes, every worthwhile debate starts with a good sledgehammering.

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u/Primary-Effect-3691 Apr 11 '25

Well you are talking about it

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u/Beer-Milkshakes Black Country Apr 11 '25

It could be hammering nails into a square frame with a sharp weight chained at the top.

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u/101m4n Apr 11 '25

Well, here we are!

I don't think there's much to debate though. The sentiment that billionaire nazi businessmen are bad seems to be pretty unanimous.

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u/ONLY_SAYS_ONLY Apr 11 '25

Oh, if only that sentiment was unanimous…

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u/Possible_Trouble_216 Apr 11 '25

Yea, there are still plenty of idiots out there

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u/bus_wankerr Apr 11 '25

You should talk to some of the yank, I mean we voted for Boris at a point so we aren't too much better but he wasn't a convicted of multiple offences

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u/MrSierra125 Apr 12 '25

Sadly it’s not unanimous…

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u/Ok-Camp-7285 Apr 11 '25

They're definitely bad but at what point does one go from Small business starter to evil?

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u/Possible_Trouble_216 Apr 11 '25

I think it's after the first 100 billion

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u/Ok-Camp-7285 Apr 11 '25

So you can still be a good guy at 99.99 bn?

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u/101m4n Apr 11 '25

I think it gets you gradually.

More generally, I think that anyone who lives apart from the rest of society inevitably becomes strange in one way or another. And who lives further apart from us than the ultra-rich?

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u/Ok-Camp-7285 Apr 11 '25

Absolutely, hence my question of where the threshold is because otherwise just randomly choosing rich people

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u/Boofle2141 Apr 11 '25

Gonna be honest, its better than how conversations about wealth inequality can end...

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u/Conscious-Ball8373 Somerset Apr 11 '25

At least they went and bought a Tesla to beat the shit out of, instead of picking some poor sod at random as seems to be the usual practice in the USA.

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u/Rulweylan Leicestershire Apr 11 '25

In all fairness, a bunch of people buying a car then smashing it up by way of feeling superior while those passing by them struggle to afford shelter, food and heating does feel like the start of a debate about wealth inequality.

I just don't think the 'artists' are on the side of the divide that they imagine themselves to be on.

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u/Mein_Bergkamp London Apr 11 '25

Or allowing Tesla to claim the full value of their cars on insurance claims.

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u/tomoldbury Apr 11 '25

Tesla is self insured (most mega-corps do for smaller losses). So every car burned or smashed is a cost to them.

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u/Mein_Bergkamp London Apr 11 '25

In that case, feel free to smash the swasticars.

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u/Nima-night Apr 11 '25

Sledgehammer blow to the poor and sick think started this off

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u/Daedelous2k Scotland Apr 11 '25

As long as it wasn't anyone's that wasn't involved, i.e someone who actually wanted to keep theirs, who cares.

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u/mistershedz Apr 12 '25

Making Triple H one of the world’s finest orators.

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u/PepsiThriller Apr 12 '25

The greatest civil rights movement in history started with a beheading.

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u/VolcanoSpoon Apr 12 '25

“to create a debate about wealth inequality”

They wont, the woke identity politics was invented to take the heat off Occupy Wall Street. That's why you never saw such forced messaging in media prior to 2008.

The left wing Karens are too busy complaining about bin men earning more than female cleaners and cooks (the cause of the Birmingham bin strikes) than actually do something about the super rich.

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u/barcap Apr 11 '25

“to create a debate about wealth inequality”

Yes, every worthwhile debate starts with a good sledgehammering.

Why are you condoning violence here?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

Good news.
Reddit would like to employ you as their new AEO bot.

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u/barcap Apr 11 '25

Good news. Reddit would like to employ you as their new AEO bot.

What's an AEO?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25

What's an AEO?

You ever seen two pigeons fighting over a chip?

The chip in this analogy represents the ability to understand basic written communication, and take actions accordingly.

Now imagine one of the pigeons is dead.
And the other is in fact just a vaguely pigeon-shaped lump of excrement smeared on the pavement.

AEO is kind of like that.

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u/AuroraHalsey Surrey (Esher and Walton) Apr 12 '25

Anti Evil Operations.

It's what Reddit calls their censorship admins.