Every time I leave my house, I see dozens of Teslas driving around. If they’re not profitable, then they’re horrifically bad at making money. They’re ubiquitous. Pretty impressive market penetration for a business run by people who don’t know what they’re doing.

That’s called a blockade. It’s been happening forever. And every poll shows a huge majority support among Palestinians for Hamas (including their actions on Oct. 7). Do you honestly think this group of Palestinians wouldn’t reelect them if a vote was held today? They hate Jews. Always have. Always will.

For some reason you people ignore every other actual atrocity going on in the world to hate the Jews even harder. 2 million Uyghurs dead at China’s hand? No outrage. Jews get attacked and raped and respond? Total outrage and claims of genocide.

You’re calling it collective punishment, but that’s already using a very ignorant term for what’s happening. Yes. In war, it’s super common for civilian populations to lose their homes, lose access to food and water supplies, etc. Have you literally ever read a book about any modern war, or watched a documentary on any modern war?

If Hamas had spent any of the aid they’ve received over the decades on building infrastructure and a better life for the Palestinians rather than on stockpiling weapons under hospitals, mosques, and schools, we wouldn’t even be in this situation.

I mean, the vast majority of Palestinians are supporting Hamas, so not exactly nobody. And Israel is using the start of a war on October 7th to win the war. Again, this is how war works.

I did no such thing. But, that’s how war works. Every war has innocent civilian casualties.

Yeah, that’s how war works. The leadership (in this case one chosen by the people) chooses on behalf of their people. That’s how pretty much every war ever has been. How ignorant must you be to not understand that? War sucks. But this isn’t some unique case. Other than the greater-than-normal effort the IDF is making to reduce civilian casualties. That’s not usually something that has historically been cared about much in war.

This isn’t what genocide looks like. This is what war looks like. Specifically, what it looks like when you start a war with a country more powerful than you. The amount of leftists supporting this unbelievably conservative Hamas regime that would love nothing more than for all leftists everywhere to be dead is insane to me.

October 7th

If two things lead to the same result (in this example, neither asking the questions nor not asking the questions get us closer to the answer), then isn’t the lesser effort option optimal?

Are you willfully ignorant or just sticking to false reports?

This is true but misleading. When Musk invested in Tesla and became chairman of the board, they hadn’t even begun development on a vehicle. They just had an idea and had talked with Lotus. There’s plenty to dislike about Musk. You don’t need to mislead.

Yeah, someone from the UK lecturing Americans on how EV infrastructure is just fine is rich. There are EVs capable of getting them pretty much anywhere in their country on a single charge. Meanwhile, I wouldn’t be able to visit my parents two states away without needing to charge halfway through. And the options if you have a family are even fewer and more expensive. There are six of us in our household. Which EV should we drop 6 figures on to get us and our luggage 600 miles away for the holidays?

It’s wild to me how many people on here refuse to acknowledge this kind of thing.