I see a lot of "I bought this before Elon went crazy" stickers on Teslas. He really seems to have made an impression on the customer base that already was willing to give Tesla money.
I never imagined in 2018 that I would go from “Elon Musk is so cool, like a real life Tony Stark!” to “Elon Musk should get no more than 30 minutes direct sunlight per day as he serves his prison sentence,” and for legions of his former customers this is the moderate stance.
Tesla is cooked, it’s hilarious that he’s now demanding a trillion dollars given the wanton destruction he’s inflicted on the brand.
Back when he first came out with his hyperloop plan I thought this guy was a genius who could do no wrong. The CEO of my small company at the time was recruited personally by musk to work for him at Tesla and I thought he was so lucky.
Then Musk's pedo accusation came out and it was all downhill from there. My ex CEO lasted a year which was puzzling at the time but completely understandable now.
Like you I think Musk should be serving time for fraud, among other things
Never meet your heroes. People are just people, they are imperfect to various degrees. Wealth doesn't change you, it amplifies who you already are. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
(own several Teslas, early Tesla investor, we win or we learn, I will not spend another dollar with Tesla until he has no control of or economic exposure to the org)
I hear you on "imperfect to various degrees"... but I think that's being quite generous with respect to his leap into full blown fascism and eugenics.
And I say this as an OG fan-boy, myself. [Tho I started championing that there's no such thing as a benevolent billionaire well before everyone else started jumping off the Elon train]
I see a lot of "I bought this before Elon went crazy" stickers on Teslas. He really seems to have made an impression on the customer base that already was willing to give Tesla money.
I never imagined in 2018 that I would go from “Elon Musk is so cool, like a real life Tony Stark!” to “Elon Musk should get no more than 30 minutes direct sunlight per day as he serves his prison sentence,” and for legions of his former customers this is the moderate stance.
Tesla is cooked, it’s hilarious that he’s now demanding a trillion dollars given the wanton destruction he’s inflicted on the brand.
Back when he first came out with his hyperloop plan I thought this guy was a genius who could do no wrong. The CEO of my small company at the time was recruited personally by musk to work for him at Tesla and I thought he was so lucky.
Then Musk's pedo accusation came out and it was all downhill from there. My ex CEO lasted a year which was puzzling at the time but completely understandable now.
Like you I think Musk should be serving time for fraud, among other things
The hyperloop in vegas is both hilarious, and painfully sad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjODKUxV5g
Never meet your heroes. People are just people, they are imperfect to various degrees. Wealth doesn't change you, it amplifies who you already are. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
(own several Teslas, early Tesla investor, we win or we learn, I will not spend another dollar with Tesla until he has no control of or economic exposure to the org)
I hear you on "imperfect to various degrees"... but I think that's being quite generous with respect to his leap into full blown fascism and eugenics.
And I say this as an OG fan-boy, myself. [Tho I started championing that there's no such thing as a benevolent billionaire well before everyone else started jumping off the Elon train]
I am being polite in a forum that demands politeness to enable my continued participation in said forum.