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[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago

I'm not saying it's because of Tesla's unionbusting bullshit, but that certainly doesn't help.

Swedes Are United Against Tesla’s Union Busting

Solidarity for all labour ✊

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tens of millions of dollars of damage caused by lighting one single electricity pole on fire? I don't support destroying public property but that is amazing bang for your buck!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They did say it was a nine-figure electric pole… premium German engineering ;-)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They used the word "pylon" in the article, which I assumed (only) meant it was wooden. Turns out I was wrong, but now I'm struggling to imagine how one can light this

on fire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

That would avoid the use of fossil fuels :-)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah… I guess people have tossed chains on other high voltage installations to cause self-destruction. We might be talking ”burned” a bit to literally?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Looks like violent protest does work

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

When the two first options — regulate and tax the richs —, people use the third.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Great work. Nice to know there are still good people in the world.