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I'm starting to get conspiratorially minded about all of this. It began when I couldn't understand the seeming coordination of the attacks against the Uber CEO.

I'm starting to get conspiratorially minded about all of this. It began when I couldn't understand the seeming coordination of the attacks against the Uber CEO. I mean, he seemed like the same kind of garden variety psychopath I expect in the role of CEO - why were there so many hit pieces about him specifically? Now Musk is a new target and somehow everyone is cheering for him to fail. Seems like if you get into competition with the auto industry or threaten the oil industry by attempting to change consumer behavior then you become a massive target. I actually feel like forces other than public opinion are at work here.

rootusrootus 8y ago
Or, you know, it could be something simple and not a conspiracy at all. If Musk didn't attack every last person who says anything critical about him, even calling one of them a pedo in a public forum, there wouldn't be nearly as much animosity towards him. He has 100% brought this down on himself, he can not blame anyone else. The regular auto industry is likely to crush Tesla within a few years, regardless of how successful they are with the Model 3. They don't need to take shots at the CEO to achieve that, they're going to do it through bringing their own competing products to market and leveraging their own hard-won experience building shitloads of cars.
keelhaule 8y ago
especially when the article mentions :p "who were granted anonymity to discuss a confidential criminal probe" press reliability at its finest
- roywiggins 8y ago
  You think Bloomberg- of all outlets- is manufacturing sources at the Justice Department?
_audakel 8y ago
Reminds me of the book "private empire" about ExxonMobil. "Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage. The action spans the globe, moving from Moscow, to impoverished African capitals, Indonesia, and elsewhere in heart-stopping scenes that feature kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin." Big cooperations could easily find a way to run a "blackops" negative PR campaign, on top of pulling strings in the SEC

rootusrootus 8y ago

Or, you know, it could be something simple and not a conspiracy at all. If Musk didn't attack every last person who says anything critical about him, even calling one of them a pedo in a public forum, there wouldn't be nearly as much animosity towards him. He has 100% brought this down on himself, he can not blame anyone else. The regular auto industry is likely to crush Tesla within a few years, regardless of how successful they are with the Model 3. They don't need to take shots at the CEO to achieve that, they're going to do it through bringing their own competing products to market and leveraging their own hard-won experience building shitloads of cars.

keelhaule 8y ago

especially when the article mentions :p "who were granted anonymity to discuss a confidential criminal probe" press reliability at its finest

roywiggins 8y ago
You think Bloomberg- of all outlets- is manufacturing sources at the Justice Department?

_audakel 8y ago

Reminds me of the book "private empire" about ExxonMobil. "Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage. The action spans the globe, moving from Moscow, to impoverished African capitals, Indonesia, and elsewhere in heart-stopping scenes that feature kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin." Big cooperations could easily find a way to run a "blackops" negative PR campaign, on top of pulling strings in the SEC