I have seen a lot of tesla vandalism online the last few days and I’m kind of on the fence about it.
I’ve seen several examples locally here in BC, Canada.
I think totally warranted at newly purchased teslas going forward. Also it serves as a deterrent for potential future buyers.
But vandalizing a car that is a few years old I think is lame. Those driversare already being punished enough by driving something around that’s worth less than scrap.
They are right on those two points, though: Americans are way too much into property/money/materialism, and many put way too much money into their cars.
That doesn’t mean it’s OK to vandalize people’s cars (especially older models), and I DO care about stuff I’ve worked for. But it’s still true.
And yes it’s not exclusive to Americans. But we’re pretty damn bad about it. We are the land of the $80,000 commuter and grocery getter truck that uses twice as much gasoline as a normal car.