Elon Musk buys and ruins Twitter

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

It's interesting...
From all appearances, Musk seems not to care at all about money anymore.

For example, he bought Twitter and is hell-bent on turning it into a pro-MAGA platform, finances be damned.

And his open embrace of Trump is going to fucking kill Tesla sales:
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Probably Musk will make a bunch of money when NASA suddenly starts awarding mega-contracts to SpaceX. But that's likely to be swamped by losses due to his Twitter acquisition and (likely) drop in Tesla sales.

As part of his role I bet he'll remove subsidies on Electric vehicles in the USA .... crippling other companies that don't have the economies of scale that Tesla have.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

As part of his role I bet he'll remove subsidies on Electric vehicles in the USA .... crippling other companies that don't have the economies of scale that Tesla have.

I don't think people take the political views of the owner into account when buying a new car. The Ford family were literal Nazis and they didn't do too badly.

 

[bluethrunthru]

I don't think people take the political views of the owner into account when buying a new car. The Ford family were literal Nazis and they didn't do too badly.

Pre-war Germans pumped cash into VW and Hitler took the cash to make Kubelwagens not Beetles and nobody seemed to give a shit too

 

[meltonblue]

I don't think people take the political views of the owner into account when buying a new car. The Ford family were literal Nazis and they didn't do too badly.

Not sure about that, I do think there’s quite a few that would be now put off getting a Tesla due to Musk.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

I don't think people take the political views of the owner into account when buying a new car. The Ford family were literal Nazis and they didn't do too badly.

Its not about ''views'' If the electric car subsidy was removed then the Tesla would probably be the cheapest

 

[inbetween]

Not sure about that, I do think there’s quite a few that would be now put off getting a Tesla due to Musk.

I think most people will largely not care or they'll quickly forget within a few months because Trump is actually not THAT extreme. Some of the people who follow him perhaps are but they're a minority. If people want to shape their enitre lives by politics then that's just both boring and sad.

I think this time around we're going to see a much different US under Trump compared to the last time. Regardless of whether anybody agrees with him, the argument to continue with the same old was lost so the proof will be in the pudding.

There is room for some optimism and maybe they should be given a chance? The normally anti-Trump elite also seem to see an opportunity too.

 

[meltonblue]

I think most people will largely not care or they'll quickly forget within a few months because Trump is actually not THAT extreme. Some of the people who follow him perhaps are but they're a minority. If people want to shape their enitre lives by politics then that's just both boring and sad.

I think this time around we're going to see a much different US under Trump compared to the last time. Regardless of whether anybody agrees with him, the argument to continue with the same old was lost so the proof will be in the pudding.

There is room for some optimism and maybe they should be given a chance? The normally anti-Trump elite also seem to see an opportunity too.

I’m not sure Trump has much to do with it, some won’t buy a Tesla now purely because of Musk.

Either way though, I’m sure Bezos is licking his lips at a Trump presidency.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Having a romantic weekend in Paris with Trump at Notre Dame

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I think most people will largely not care or they'll quickly forget within a few months because Trump is actually not THAT extreme. Some of the people who follow him perhaps are but they're a minority. If people want to shape their enitre lives by politics then that's just both boring and sad.

I think this time around we're going to see a much different US under Trump compared to the last time. Regardless of whether anybody agrees with him, the argument to continue with the same old was lost so the proof will be in the pudding.

There is room for some optimism and maybe they should be given a chance? The normally anti-Trump elite also seem to see an opportunity too.

He tried to have a fair election thrown out.

He fomented an insurrection.

He’s a convicted felon.

But this is “not that extreme.”

But he was rewarded for these actions by the electorate with another four years as the most powerful man in the nation. So I guess you’re right.

I guess “extreme” would be if he’d succeeded in overturning a legitimate election via an insurrection and was convicted of mass murder.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Here’s the state of America right now — re: the CEO of UH who was murdered:

In one stark example, a Facebook post by UnitedHealth Group expressing sadness about UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death received 62,000 reactions – 57,000 of them laughing emojis. UnitedHealth Group is the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, the division that Thompson ran.

That’s what discourse has disintegrated into. Laughing at murder.

Musk can say and do whatever he wants with little consequence — same with Trump.