Selective outrage machine at work here. Blank wouldnt care if this were an oil, gas or coal company or a gun manufacturer in a blue state. If this is the type of thing that outrages you, i can probably point out 50 different businesses being hindered by "liberal policy", not that the topic you posted had anything to do with conservatism.

Does Texas not have the same rights as Detroit? I personally dont think it's right for Texas to ban Tesla based on their desired business model, but theyre doing it to support the existing auto industry in Texas. Bailing out Detroit, who failed for no other reason their own mismanagement was not the "right" thing to do, but the government decided that Detroit failing would damage the economy too much, even though Detroit did in fact deserve to fail. So, how is this any different? Texas' ruling to make Tesla be a franchise was a ruling made with the Texas economy in mind. Thankfully Elon Musk is white, otherwise i'm sure the racist allegations would have been made already.

I dont agree with Texas on this one and i think what Tesla wants to do is innovative and good for the people. With that said, Texas is one of the few states in the united states who is self sufficient and not going bankrupt like California, so i assume there's a reason for it. If Tesla becomes the next big thing and brings jobs and business to other states, then that's Texas' loss.

The future i hope to see is a future where the electric car parks between the duramax diesel and the corvette zr1