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But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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[–] Anticorp 118 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe this means that all the Republicans will buy electric cars now to own the libs.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Man, I'd feel soooo owned if they did that. Ugh, what if they all went out and got solar, too? Then we'd really be fucked. What are we, if not a bunch of electric car driving, latte drinking, solar panel punks? At least we'd still have the lattes, I guess.

[–] PP_BOY_ 37 points 5 months ago (5 children)

You joke but there's a company right now selling solar power "own the libs who control the power boards."

Patriot Power

It's a step in the right direction, I guess.

[–] glimse 6 points 5 months ago

Isn't it so funny how they hate liberals for doing/wanting the things they claim to be the champions of?

[–] barsquid 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Surely that's reverse psychology?

[–] skyspydude1 9 points 5 months ago

Solar is a weird rabbit hole of the kind of people who get it. It's like the epitome of horseshoe theory, where you either have the left-leaning eco-conscious sorts, or the far-right doomer/prepper "I hate the government so much I'm going to live off-grid" types who are the main people interested in it.

It's very weird researching solar stuff sometimes, because the advertising will either focus on the more typical performance metrics like W/m² and smart-home integration, or their ability to withstand an EMP and the fact they have no 5G chips in them and shit.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't we just tell them getting power from the grid is Socialism so they will think putting up solar panels is the way to keep power in Texas, Florida... Most anywhere without having to rely and the government. You know, like becoming free from energy dependence or something.

[–] Cryophilia 6 points 5 months ago

https://www.sempersolaris.com/

Energy independence, panels made in America, discounts for vetetans, etc. Tell your electric company, "You're fired!"

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 5 months ago

Arugula! Free tan suit with every bunch of arugula! Come ‘n get ‘em!

[–] MushuChupacabra 97 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Tesla is synonymous with Musk, which disqualifies it for consideration when purchasing an EV.

[–] Anticorp 64 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Around 9 years ago I very much wanted a Tesla and thought Musk was a genius. All he had to do to keep everyone thinking that was shut up.

[–] rockSlayer 50 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

[–] psmgx 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lots of stims plus ketemene make that hard

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[–] stoly 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The problem is that it is his narcissism that drives him to want to be adored by everyone. As such, he can't actually stop talking.

[–] PseudorandomNoise 24 points 5 months ago

Literally the exact same problem Trump had during COVID. Fauci was giving press briefings every day and we all loved him for it. Problem was we loved him more than Trump and that's when Trump just had to have the spotlight once again.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 5 months ago

Also the drugs

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

Yeah. Tesla was a status symbol, and Musk has put in long hard extra hours of work to convert it into a shitty status symbol.

For folks out there that Musk hasn't personally offended, I suspect they've got to be at least mildly aware that it's more a matter of "when" than "if", at this point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Tesla will go bankcrupt in five years, unless they toss Musk out. He will do some stupid shit that will crash the whole company, like endorsing a political candidate who is talking of making EV's illegal.

[–] IphtashuFitz 63 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I’m a Democrat and a Tesla owner. No way in Hell will I buy another Tesla as long as Musk is involved in any way with the company. It would actually take a significant overhaul of both the company and their cars to convince me to buy another one.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I would sell it before Musk decides to find a list of all democratic supporters and start screwing up their cars out of pettyness. And let's not even pretend for one second the man child wouldn't do that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Or release real-time, geographic info on democrat Tesla drivers to right-wing militia groups to take care of. I don't think he'd just let shit go. Look at the Elon plane account for a digital representation.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago
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[–] whyrat 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's the kind of smart CEO behavior that justifies his almost $45B+ compensation package. /s

[–] homesweethomeMrL 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Remember years ago when people said - out loud, ostensibly seriously - he’s a genius? I think all those people need to be kicked in the ass.

He “endorsed” Trump. LOL. That’s a chump, not a genius.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do Trump's policies affect him?

Not saying he's a genius, but everything Trump is promoting benefits Musk.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
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[–] inclementimmigrant 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, like I needed another reason to never buy another Tesla again. Good luck getting Republicans to buy an EV much less a EV that's technology is no longer cutting edge and the quality is horrible by any standard.

[–] Diplomjodler3 13 points 5 months ago

Us regular people cannot comprehend the 4D chess moves of a genius like Musk. Or maybe he just took too many drugs.

[–] MargotRobbie 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The reason to not buy a Tesla is that now they are simply bad cars, and there's too many good pure electric options to even consider a Tesla nowadays.

Tech wise, a Lucid Air blows a Tesla out of the water.

Driving wise, a Porsche Taycan handles like a Porsche, a Tesla handles like a Camry.

There are way too many other examples to list.

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[–] Delusional 9 points 5 months ago

Birds of a child rapists flock together.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Over the Trump endorsement? They hadn't already fled over gestures broadly

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You mean the 4% drop that happened after the ginormous 27% bump that happened, basically resetting their price to where they were a few months ago? I'm sure musk is hurting real bad. Articles like this just infuriate me.

[–] Dultas 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tesla stock has never been based on any real metrics or logic. It'll be interesting to see sales over the next quarter.

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