Lawsuit: SpaceX took over "pristine" land CAH bought to stop Trump border wall.

Cards Against Humanity sued SpaceX yesterday, alleging that Elon Musk’s firm illegally took over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that the party-game company bought in 2017 in an attempt to stymie then-President Trump’s attempt to build a wall.

“As part of CAH’s 2017 holiday campaign, while Donald Trump was President, CAH created a supporter-funded campaign to take a stand against the building of a Border Wall,” said the lawsuit filed in Cameron County District Court in Texas. Cards Against Humanity says it received $15 donations from 150,000 people and used part of that money to buy “a plot of vacant land in Cameron County based upon CAH’s promise to ‘make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for Trump to build his wall.’”

Cards Against Humanity says it mowed the land “and maintained it in its natural state, marking the edge of the lot with a fence and a ‘No Trespassing’ sign.” But instead of Trump taking over the land, Cards Against Humanity says the parcel was “interfered with and invaded” by Musk’s space company. The lawsuit includes pictures that, according to Cards Against Humanity, show the land when it was first purchased and after SpaceX construction equipment and materials were placed on the land.

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
      23·
      2 months ago

      I don’t recall if I still have that deed, but I do have my flag for Hawaii 2, and my royal title from the one castle. And pictures/letters from those Chinese factory workers thanking me for that day off

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        711·
        2 months ago

        I know you’re joking, but people really underestimate just how rich Elon Musk and other billionaires are. Say you went back to the time of Christ, 0 AD, and got a really good job. Say you were making $10,000 a day, in today’s dollars. $10,000 a day, every day, no days off. What’s even more amazing, say you were super good at saving. So good that you squirreled that $10,000 away every day without spending a penny. And you did that every day, for the last 2,000 some years (good for you for being immortal as well).

        If you did all that, and then did it another 34 times, you would almost have as much money as Elon Musk.

            • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 months ago

              Let’s just say that the dude is rich.

              No, no, no! Don’t go back to just saying that! Then we’re back at square one, really underestimating just how rich Elon Musk and other billionaires are!

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        You can go to their website and sign up to be a part of the class action suit. They’ll verify your purchase, then. I can’t remember exactly what they asked for, but I had to go into my email to find it.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    271·
    2 months ago

    Man… That land was pristine too… Wild horses used to roam free there in the Texas moonlight. I remember how strongly it reinforced my consumer opinion of cards against humanity - I knew that as long as they kept maintaining that parcel, I could freely buy their products. If spacex is allowed to just invade that land unchecked though, and justice isn’t restored to CAH, I imagine that would impact my potential future purchasing potential by at least $1,000,000… And that’s only speaking for me. I imagine at least 100,000 of you feel the same as I do, I think damages should asking for that amount and make CAH whole again considering their lost earning potential. Those unrealized profits were callously stolen by musk.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    102·
    2 months ago

    TIL: there’s a surprising number of people here that think elon musk has a right to dump shit in their neighborhood park

  • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world
    1401·
    2 months ago

    If you’re an original 2017 CAH Saves America subscriber and you want to increase the pressure on Elon, here’s a thing you can post on Twitter (the platform he wants you to call “X” for his own sexual gratification):

    In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. @ElonMusk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com

    Or if you’re not a subscriber, but you still think Elon Musk is a charity-embezzling, conspiracy-peddling eugenicist manchild who trades horses for in-flight handjobs, post this:

    In 2017, 150k people paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—@ElonMusk—stole their land and dumped his shit all over it. Fuck that! www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com #ElonOwesMe100Bucks

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    106·
    2 months ago

    This headline reads like a mad lib. Good luck CAH, I cannot wait to see how Elmo tries to act like he respects property rights while having done something like this

  • capital@lemmy.world
    272·
    2 months ago

    Hm… I don’t know what access to the property is like but, “lease” the land to someone, move an RV onto the land, arm him, then I’ll chip in to give SpaceX a hard time every damn day until they leave.