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    Except for the fact that he is single handedly responsible for a massive decrease in teslas value. I would not bet on anything he touches because even if he were loved inside the US, he is now despised everywhere else. Tesla was built on left wing progressive ideals and so was spacex, and solarcity, etc etc. Musks turn to the right betrays all of those who liked his companies for ideological reasons. I don’t expect tesla stock to recover any time soon.

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      114 days ago

      This.

      Not sure how he imagined a hard pivot from the left to the right was going to pan out.

      Early on I was a huge fan and kept telling others he wasn’t like the other CEOs, it wasn’t about the money. It became obvious a couple years ago I was horribly wrong. The worst part is some of the people who distrusted him before now are all in.

      These people are not charismatic at all, I don’t get how they keep fooling people.

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          114 days ago

          Yeah at that point I was still believing his BS about how it wouldn’t be good for the employees or the company. I just got hopped up on someone finally helping stop climate change in a meaningful way.

          Simpler times…

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      Just an international correction to compensate for the US’ Overton Window:

      Tesla was built on left wing progressive ideals*

      *wealthy believers of climate change.

      “Left-wing” is such a polluted term now lol.

      If Tesla was built on left-wing progressive ideals it would be a workers co-op focusing on quality. It’s always been a for-profit company from day one.

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    514 days ago

    People who take this advice are going to be disappointed when Tesla gets outcompeted by every other EV company and it drops to zero. It’s just like the trump shitcoins. Just scamming their base at every turn because they’ve gotten used to lying about everything without consequences.

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      matter of time before Seattle starts disregarding tariffs and dumping teslas into the harbor

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    So much for the old “the government should not pick winners and losers!” line conservatives used to swear by…

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    This is most probably illegal, even in the US. But, oh well, it’s just Wednesday in naziland.

      • @[email protected]
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        Illegal is only illegal if someone is willing to prosecute it. Who pray tell is going to charge the Secretary of Commerce?

          • @[email protected]
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            314 days ago

            Okay, got it. I’m a bit confused though about how that changes my statement around the fact he won’t be charged.

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              214 days ago

              I think they meant it just as a “he’s even more slimey then you think!” not an indication of if they’d be charged or not.

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      314 days ago

      The Democrats are going to have to wave those little round signs extra hard.

      And then vote for the bill that makes this legal.

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      It’s almost certainly a huge ethics violation. And it’s disgusting. The gop doesn’t even pretend to have integrity anymore.

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    714 days ago

    Encourage the public to buy it while executives unload millions, yeah, wonder why they are recommending that.

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    614 days ago

    When the government starts promoting particular products, whether it’s Goya beans or Teslas, there is a line being crossed. This administration is completely topsy-turvy.

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    Next week they’ll probably try to rename the country as United States of America sponsored by Tesla Motors.

  • katy ✨
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    114 days ago

    tesla must be loving their image shifting from a “cool tech company” to a brand only loved by insufferable partisan pricks.

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    “Elon Musk is probably the best person to bet on I have ever met,” said Lutnick. “And I think, we all know that, I mean, gosh, in the same week that he saves astronauts with his rockets that he invented — imagine that. He’s building, he’s building the coolest robots you’ve ever seen. Go online and look up ‘Optimus’ — it’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen, we’re all gonna be buying robots, they’re gonna cost about $30,000, you’re buying a Tesla robot, and anybody who doesn’t buy a Tesla robot is gonna be silly, no one’s gonna be keying anything. Elon Musk is the best entrepreneur and technologist in America and I’d bet on him — I wish I was allowed, but I’m not allowed to buy any stock!”

    Thank you for this transcript. I doubt I could have made out anything of what Lutnick was saying given how deep into Elon’s asshole his tongue appears to be.

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      413 days ago

      This literally reads like a child’s homework assignment to “write about your hero” lmao

    • 100_kg_90_de_belin
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      he saves astronauts with his rockets that he invented — imagine that.

      No, he didn’t.

      He’s building, he’s building the coolest robots you’ve ever seen.

      No, he doesn’t.