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> Service is the reason I'm selling my Tesla. (Well, it was the first reason. What Elon says in public is the other. Embarrassing.) Considering the founders of
by baryphonic 4y ago
> Service is the reason I'm selling my Tesla. (Well, it was the first reason. What Elon says in public is the other. Embarrassing.)
Considering the founders of a few other car companies have said or done truly horrible things[0][1], I'm curious what Elon has said that is so beyond the pale.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#Antisemitism_and_The_Dearborn_Independent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#Antisemitism_and_Th...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen#1939%E2%80%931944:_Wartime_production_and_concentration_camp_labour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen#1939%E2%80%931944:_...
- themitigating 4y agoYou are pointing to people who have been long dead and made comments when there wasn't a much of a backlash against such things.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoIs your point "Some very horrible people were nonetheless successful so it's OK for them to be horrible"?
- innocentoldguy 4y agoNo, the obvious point was asking you what Musk said that you find so unsavory? The other implied point was if you’re going to sell your Tesla because you find Musk appalling, what other car manufacturer are you going to support, since other founders have also said or done unappealing things?
- felixfurtak 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn
- fundad 4y agoBecause he’s a right-wing oligarch who pretends to care about the environment but really want to leave us on earth with his ewaste. And if someone can’t see that and works for Tesla, how could they competently build a car? They can’t, it seems.
- tapoxi 4y agoElon isn't the founder of Tesla, he's the CEO of Tesla. I'm pretty sure Henry Ford isn't Ford's current CEO.