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Elon is playing with fire. This is punk mentality - let's get as close to self destruction as possible. It's OK to make decisions for yourself but health of oth

Elon is playing with fire. This is punk mentality - let's get as close to self destruction as possible. It's OK to make decisions for yourself but health of others?

jariel 6y ago
The fire he is playing with is Public Opinion. The first covid death - no matter why/who or how - will make the press and if he was saying 'mean things' ... it will be bad. This is a pandemic, people's lives are at risk, the only thing coming out of Musks' mouth should be how much he cares about his staff, how much he is doing to make sure they are safe, that they get 100% paid time off if they or their partners get covid, that it will be 'the safest factory in the world', testing for anyone who wants it - etc. etc. etc.. It's actually an opportunity for him to look like a 'Covid Leader' but he's going the Trump/Twitter/Constitutional-crowd style populism on this one. I think it's just a mistake not borne by any communications strategy, just an angry, frustrating, flinching twitter thumb. That's not a strategy it's just 'reacting'.
taurath 6y ago
He’s certainly decided to become the bully.
rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago
The thing is, the Alameda County Public Health Department changed their policy now that they received Tesla's plan (that was posted to the company's blog when they announced the lawsuit), and is now allowing Tesla to augment their operation activities beyond the bare minimum, in preparation for a full reopening next week. I guess both parties will claim that they went ahead according to their original plans but somehow, Tesla will have been able to restart much sooner than Alameda County's goal. In that case, "playing with fire" would be fruitful, esp. if Alameda County pretend things went just fine.
- pjc50 6y ago
  This depends on how much coronavirus ends up spreading among Tesla employees in the next weeks.
  - rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago
    It should be similar to Tesla handled in their Shanghai factory, and probably better considering that the Fremont team is in the spotlight now.
natch 6y ago
This is really overdramatizing things. People in the region are no less healthy with the factory open, unless it’s a pollution source or something. It’s not like a meat plant where people are working with wet protein items all day long. They are probably more spaced out and socially distanced in the factory than they would be at home or visiting their local supermarket, hello kitty store (Daiso), or car detailing shop, all of which are allowed to be open, and are in fact open in Fremont.
DrScump 6y ago
It a no-lose situation for him. He can afford better lawyers than the county has. He can afford all levels of appeals. And to his target market, he'll look heroic, and this becomes priceless advertising.

Elon is playing with fire. This is punk mentality - let's get as close to self destruction as possible. It's OK to make decisions for yourself but health of others?

jariel 6y ago

The fire he is playing with is Public Opinion. The first covid death - no matter why/who or how - will make the press and if he was saying 'mean things' ... it will be bad. This is a pandemic, people's lives are at risk, the only thing coming out of Musks' mouth should be how much he cares about his staff, how much he is doing to make sure they are safe, that they get 100% paid time off if they or their partners get covid, that it will be 'the safest factory in the world', testing for anyone who wants it - etc. etc. etc.. It's actually an opportunity for him to look like a 'Covid Leader' but he's going the Trump/Twitter/Constitutional-crowd style populism on this one. I think it's just a mistake not borne by any communications strategy, just an angry, frustrating, flinching twitter thumb. That's not a strategy it's just 'reacting'.

taurath 6y ago

He’s certainly decided to become the bully.

rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago

The thing is, the Alameda County Public Health Department changed their policy now that they received Tesla's plan (that was posted to the company's blog when they announced the lawsuit), and is now allowing Tesla to augment their operation activities beyond the bare minimum, in preparation for a full reopening next week. I guess both parties will claim that they went ahead according to their original plans but somehow, Tesla will have been able to restart much sooner than Alameda County's goal. In that case, "playing with fire" would be fruitful, esp. if Alameda County pretend things went just fine.

pjc50 6y ago
This depends on how much coronavirus ends up spreading among Tesla employees in the next weeks.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 6y ago
  It should be similar to Tesla handled in their Shanghai factory, and probably better considering that the Fremont team is in the spotlight now.

natch 6y ago

This is really overdramatizing things. People in the region are no less healthy with the factory open, unless it’s a pollution source or something. It’s not like a meat plant where people are working with wet protein items all day long. They are probably more spaced out and socially distanced in the factory than they would be at home or visiting their local supermarket, hello kitty store (Daiso), or car detailing shop, all of which are allowed to be open, and are in fact open in Fremont.

DrScump 6y ago

It a no-lose situation for him. He can afford better lawyers than the county has. He can afford all levels of appeals. And to his target market, he'll look heroic, and this becomes priceless advertising.