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That's what you get for earning value with memes instead of with true quality. It won't last.
From community description:
This is a sanctuary for those seeking a break from the incessant negativity often found in today's news cycle. From acts of everyday kindness to large-scale philanthropic efforts, from individual achievements to community triumphs, we bring you news that gives hope, fosters empathy, and strengthens the belief in humanity's capacity for good.
Are you sure this one fits in? Why, of all the communities, choose this one specifically?
I agree with you man. This isn't uplifting news.
It may feel right and just that the guy is getting push back, but we think more about his other actions and it drags us down, rather than lifting us up.
It'll get tons of upvotes in all kinds of other subs because most of us want the guy to get hit by karma hard, but it's not about us feeling good.
It’s comforting to me as a reminder that money is entirely made up, and that my poverty is not a marker of my value. Elon Musk has had every opportunity available to him - the fact that he can’t run a company, has zero fucking knowledge of physics despite pretending to be a super genius despite the fact that he’s never had to chose between skipping a class and taking a shift for rent money - it’s comforting that wealth has zero correlation with capability.
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Lol
Has he tried not being a nazi bastard?
...maybe he'll do the world a favor and step into an industrial shredder...
(shame about his genetic legacy, but hopefully all their mothers are mostly good people who give them a fighting chance at turning out well)
Good.
he's depressed because as a millionaire he made slightly less money
i'm depressed because i'm queer and autistic and a rich evil fuck in government is killing queer helplines and putting autistic people on kill lists.
we are not the same
*billionaire
He ain't even depressed, it's just an act, like him ever being a Democrat.
Elon Musk is a predator acting wounded so that you'll drop your guard
If it bleeds…
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I hate the schadenfreude journalism. I will never meet this guy, I don't care how he feels any more than some random South Dakotan. The reason he's relevant is his outsized impact on government and the country, tell me about that.
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I’m finding this funny/interesting. Because normally I think consumption boycotts don’t really work that well as a strategy since it takes a lot of people not buying the thing to affect big companies and big companies tend to have so many products people need that it can be hard for a lot of people to completely avoid them.
But Tesla is in a uniquely terrible position for withstanding such a boycott. They sell one big ticket product market substitutes and its success depends almost entirely on its brand. They’re status symbols. They’re virtue signals for climate consciousness. (without you know, actually supporting real solutions like mass transit) And before people noticed how much of a shitbag Musk was, they were associated with his cool Tony Stark tech persona.
Then Musk put himself into a position where anyone who was able to ignore his nonsense before definitely couldn’t now. So this company that was almost entirely dependent on people liking Musk enough to think the cars were cool now loses most of that market appeal.
Wish their stock would plummet 71%
I'm waiting for that inevitable margin call. Followed by Twitter being repossessed. At that point it will probably be sold off for parts.
He’s selling to himself to get out from under that:
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these contrived reports of him quitting politics or being depressed to try to get some sympathy and stop the stock selling are pathetic. He's never cared about anyone else, even his own children, and he still absolutely does not. He's a spoiled psycopath who thinks he can manipulate people.
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He got what he wanted. He wants to bow out before the blowback. Do not trust anything this fascist says.
The weird thing is that this weirdo has more money than it is even possible for him or us to comprehend.
He could lose 99% of his net worth and still be one of the richest men alive.
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And yet... His net worth is still around 370 billion dollars, more than just around half a year ago...
Maybe he should kill himself.
Not sure what he thought would happen when an electric car manufacturer aligned with the "we love fossil fuels" party.
Saw a great take earlier on another website.
The guy who said he was going to "cure us of the woke mind virus" is now saying he's getting out of politics because "people were being mean to him."
The irony.
Musk makes a fuck ton of money selling carbon credits to companies that produce ICE cars and fossil fuels. He gets those credits for owning an electric car company. He isn't selling cars; he's selling a license to pollute the air.