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Actually, people with engineering backgrounds see a huge difference between Elon and this guy. It is Wall Street who doesn't understand and is afraid to get bur
by bob33212 6y ago
Actually, people with engineering backgrounds see a huge difference between Elon and this guy. It is Wall Street who doesn't understand and is afraid to get burnt by NKLA the way other naysayers were burnt on TSLA.
- CarelessExpert 6y ago> Actually, people with engineering backgrounds see a huge difference between Elon and this guy. I didn't say Elon and this guy were similarly shady. I said Elon has been a huge voice in pushing and promoting a narrative that short sellers are evil, and that then allows frauds like Nikola and Wirecard to flourish. And I stand by that statement. In what way am I wrong?
- bob33212 6y agoTSLA has sued NKLA for IP theft. I have a hard time seeing how they are pushing a narrative that short sellers of NKLA are evil.
- samizdis 6y agoActually, Nikola sued Tesla: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/nikola-motors-sues-tesla-for-2-billion-over-alleged-design-patent-infringement/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/nikola-motors-sues-tesl...
- mthoms 6y agoThis story just gets crazier and crazier.
- liability 6y agoElon has been pushing conspiracy theories about short sellers for years. As a direct consequence of this, there are many commenters on this site who believe that short selling is generally nefarious and some who even think it should be banned altogether. Funny how the possibility of a lying short seller gets all their consternation while lying CEOs do not.
- nickik 6y agoIn case of Tesla we have pretty well document case of short-sellers doing exactly what Elon said. Paid anti-Tesla articles were absolutely a thing that happened. Not to mention a constant stream of other FUD and accusations of fraud.