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wonko the sane?

You may test that assumption at your convinience.
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He already HAD the majority demographic for EVs, even beat all the others to the punch; all he had to do was not lose it. Turns out the tesla is actually a pretty shitty car, and no one wants a shitty car built by a ******* nazi.
 

The Mighty Mollusk

Scream all you like, 'cause we're all mad here
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How many rich people would be so much better off if they'd just shut up and live quietly with their fortunes? Guy already has more money than God, he could've just disappeared and lived like a king in some tropical paradise, but his insatiable greed and ego won't allow it.
 

Pale Rider

...and Hell followed with him.
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FB friend:
Why aren't conservatives whining about "cancel culture" in the wake of Tesla's historic loss of popularity?
Some comedian that they barely pay attention to complains that he's being cancelled, and they're all up in arms about "cancel culture". The world's most highly valued car company loses half of its market cap in a month, and conservatives don't say a thing about "cancel culture".

Is it because they don't like Elon Musk either, or is it because they know that it's pointless because grass-roots rage against Elon Musk is so strong that will not be blunted at all by the usual "cancel culture" shaming?
 

Pocket

jumbled pile of person
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I'm going to go with "Most of them aren't going to go to bat for the guy who sells cars for hippies."
 

Axaday

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I've been seeing things like this for a couple weeks now. As Trump continues down the path he is on, GOP Congressmen will have to continue down this path. I believe the bulk of the Republicans in Congress support Trump either because he makes their job easier or because not cooperating with him will endanger their reelection. A town hall like this gives pause to either of those Congressmen. If he is making their job hard and they are sure he is endangering their reelection, they're going to change sides.
 

Dekafox

Fabulously Foxy Dragon
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so Dan McCrum from the FT, who noticed Wirecard frantically scraping for pennies while allegedly having billions in cash on hand, has noticed Tesla frantically scraping for pennies while allegedly having billions in cash on hand
Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/uLXoy

In other sadder news(for us) Twitter is back up to 44 billion valuation apparently, probably on the back of making all the government agencies use it for notices etc.
 

wonko the sane?

You may test that assumption at your convinience.
Citizen
If they stand up to him: trump cuts off their money to run campaigns, and elon musk will pay someone (who WILL be loyal to trump.) to primary them. And since MAGA controls the media: they'll lose the primary and be replaced.

There is no other path here: kiss the ring or pound sand. Only even more extreme candidates from here, only ass kissing from here.
 

Pale Rider

...and Hell followed with him.
Citizen
It's more likely (but still unlikely) that we'll see dissent in the Senate before we see it in the House. Alas, the RNC is probably threatening them every day against showing any disloyalty towards Derp Fuhrer.
 

Axaday

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If they stand up to him: trump cuts off their money to run campaigns, and elon musk will pay someone (who WILL be loyal to trump.) to primary them. And since MAGA controls the media: they'll lose the primary and be replaced.

There is no other path here: kiss the ring or pound sand. Only even more extreme candidates from here, only ass kissing from here.
The people getting yelled at at their own town halls will not have a use campaign money.
 

Paladin

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that is NOT the defense you think it is...

 

Axaday

Well-known member
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Oh, that makes sense. If he has gotten along well in the past with brown people that were lower class, it is preposterous to believe that he'd act intentionally to keep brown people being lower class.
 

Axaday

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I think it is the kind of argument you might have to go to South Africa to get. "Some of my best friends are black" is a lot better than this. This is "Racist? Preposterous. I love being served by lesser men".
 

Dekafox

Fabulously Foxy Dragon
Citizen

Though now supposedly they're going to fight suspending any more than what they already have. Smells of an optics things, if they already suspended all the ones they consider important. Might be a blessing in disguise though, given what Twitter is now, and the alternatives available like Blue sky, or perhaps they could even spin up their own mastodon instance too.
 

Rhinox

too old for this
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Musk is going to put himself out of the business of being the "world's town square". The bias he continues to show continues to drive people away. Other spaces are rising in the vacuum he's leaving behind.

Quite frankly, if I were any shareholder or on any board where Musk was CEO, I'd be forcing many votes to remove him and any power he may have. He's almost as bad a businessman as Trump at this point. He's burned every bit of goodwill he had, he's tanking his companies to push political views that are unpopular for a reason, he is costing people money. hug, using the 'shareholder supremacy' doctrine, he should have been removed as CEO of Tesla over a year ago. He is bad for business.
 

Axaday

Well-known member
Citizen
Musk is going to put himself out of the business of being the "world's town square". The bias he continues to show continues to drive people away. Other spaces are rising in the vacuum he's leaving behind.

Quite frankly, if I were any shareholder or on any board where Musk was CEO, I'd be forcing many votes to remove him and any power he may have. He's almost as bad a businessman as Trump at this point. He's burned every bit of goodwill he had, he's tanking his companies to push political views that are unpopular for a reason, he is costing people money. hug, using the 'shareholder supremacy' doctrine, he should have been removed as CEO of Tesla over a year ago. He is bad for business.

I think you are really only talking about Tesla. Tesla is having some trouble and Musk is the CEO and 12% owner. Honestly, I think it would be to his own advantage right now to get a new CEO and place and possibly divest.

Elon is CEO of SpaceX and owns 42% of the company, but I don't think there is really much complaint about how that company is running, right?
Elon is CEO of xAI and owns 54% of the company. There is really no way of seeing whether this company is succeeding or failing.

Linda Yaccarino has been CEO of X for almost 2 years and Elon is the owner outright.
Steve Davis has been CEO of the Boring Company for 7 years and Elon owns 90%. It isn't clear how much this company is actually operating right now. Its CEO is working at DOGE.
Jared Birchall has always been CEO of NeuraLink and Elon is the majority owner.
 


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