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“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don't know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”


🗳️ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

i legitimately don't understand why this is happening other than maybe he gets more lobbying power over this guy for less money than a democrat

[-] Blum0108@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

He thinks if the Republicans win then they will let him do whatever crazy thing he plans on doing without any oversight.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe he's trying to corner the EV market through the Republicans. If the Democrats make it more attractive for all manufactures to make EVs, Tesla loses

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago

Looking at the Cybertruck, I think his plan is simply to destroy EVs. Same thing as Twitter.

Both companies are/were evaluated way higher than what they are worth and purchased with loans that are completely insecure, but costing very real interest.

It also looks as if Elon is doing a little totally legal "asset stripping" of the goodwill by paying out huge options to himself before the companies eventually go bust. I would not be surprised if the Saudis or other co-investors are footing the interest on the loans in the meantime. It's a small price to pay to get rid of those companies obstructing their business.

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