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.

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    2 months ago

    Nah. They bought the land so they could use it for a promotional event.

    And now they are using it for another promotional event.


    In all fairness, CAHcorp (whatever their business name is) are pretty much the epitome of “dumbass white liberals”. Right down to how they are so adamant about “humor” that is just white guys saying racial slurs and talking about dead babies and thinking it is the funniest shit ever. So I can easily see them thinking that just owning the land was all they needed to do because nobody would ever violate the law or ignore their rights.

    I mean, just look at all the replies that boil down to Arthur the aardvark saying “but musk broke the rules!!!”


    Also: This never really would have stopped trump’s wall. Eminent domain would have kicked in (basically what spacex tried) and they would have gotten a pennies on the dollar check and told to go fuck themselves.

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        We promised we’d use every legal tool at our disposal to protect this land from bullies like

        Thats literally what they promised to do with the money they fleeced from people though….

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          We promised we’d use every legal tool at our disposal

          I’m sorry, do they have a cavalry?

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            They could rent one, or patrol it more often than they did. They made a claim, and failed to follow through on it, and this isn’t the first time.

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      was all they needed to do because nobody would ever violate the law or ignore their rights.

      They are suing the people who violated the law and ignored their rights right now. What should they have done instead?