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That is not sane behaviour. Do you really think you would be friends with all the people you buy stuff from?

Why should I deal with a company that I detest for whatever reasons?

I don't use any Facebook products, I don't buy anything at Amazon, ever, and frankly, I also would never ever spend money for a Tesla.

I don't think making such choices is insane in any way, shape or form.

You dont buy anything from Amazon, what are you using instead ?

You may not think it is. But it is. If none of your reasons are because of those companies, their product or how they are run, then it is insane.

Oh, of course not. This is not about friendship, but about avoid supporting people with values that I strongly disagree with.

But that's fundamentally impossible. Strongly disagree with on what? And at what level down the rung does the support have to be for you to be comfortable disagreeing with them?

It's okay to not act rationally or not be sane in all decisions, but it's definitely not normal.

It's quite simple. I do some superficial research about the companies I frequently buy from, and if they support a cause I strongly disagree with, I try looking for an alternative. Sometimes there is no alternative, then that's ok, but if there is, then I switch. Sometimes I don't even need to research, because they will loudly announce these values by themselves. Have you really never heard of a boycott? "Voting with your dollars"?

I've heard of boycotting something based on the behaviour of that something, not by the location that the something is funded.

If you want to boycott things based on an abstracted emotional value that's up to you, but it's not normal.

Elon posting on Twitter has very little to do with Tesla cars.

Elon was only able to buy Twitter because Tesla sold a lot of cars. Not giving more power to people you don't want to have more power is not an abstract emotional value.

Seems like you have a case of Musk Derangement Syndrome

How many Hitler paintings do you own?

How did you come up with your username? It seems unique?

I'm a huge fan of Tifa from the 1997 role-playing video game FF7.

Labelling any criticism as "_ Derangement Syndrome" is a lazy dismissal.

Huh? How is it not sane?

Voting with your dollars is a key tenet of capitalism. If a company is run by unethical people, I sure as hell won't be doing business with them. Especially when there's plenty of competition, like there is in the EV market.

Yes voting with your dollars based on the value, reception or controversies of that product is super capitalistic and very normal.

Voting with your dollars based on your emotional feelings of some persons actions outside that product is not normal.

There are many people who confuse the two, and the line is constantly being blurred, but one is normal, the other is not. Everyone is free to do non-normal things though.

If it is something that many people do, how is it non-normal?

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