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> To be extra clear, I don't post this stuff because I hate Tesla or anything. In fact, it's just the opposite. I hate seeing Tesla derail themselves with this
by bambax 4y ago
> To be extra clear, I don't post this stuff because I hate Tesla or anything. In fact, it's just the opposite. I hate seeing Tesla derail themselves with this kind of nonsense.
I respect the OP for saying this. But I have a hard time respecting people buying Teslas, or anything from Musk. Is it not obvious that the guy is a charlatan? (and that the fish rots from the head?) How likely is it that you won't be robbed blind if you try to do business with him or any of his ventures?
- kranke155 4y agoTim Dillon said it best. “I met him and guy is a genius. But he’s also a carnival barker.”
- kytazo 4y agoI don't know Tim Dillon but you have to be equally 'smart' to call this pothead puppet a genius
- rootusrootus 4y agoGenius may be overselling it. Elon's primary skill seems to be marketing, and recognizing talented senior management to actually run the company.
- colechristensen 4y agoHe oversells it a bit much (what startup doesn't? it's also a method for success) but I wouldn't call him a charlatan. The companies he's run have accomplished quite a lot.
- hinkley 4y agoSomeone called him out on twitter for his flirtation with toxic conservatism. They asked if he remembers what demographic buys 99% of his vehicles. I didn’t see if he replied.
- astrange 4y agoHe needs electric vehicles to be associated with conservatism, otherwise they're going to ban them and make rolling coal mandatory. It's probably the greatest thing he could do for climate change.
- hinkley 4y agoIf you piss off your current customer base before you land the new one you'll be filing for bankruptcy protection before you know it.
- ihumanable 4y agoI saw a report somewhere that Teslas current customer base is pretty evenly split when it comes to political affiliation. I don't think it was this CNN article I'm remembering, but this has the survey data in it. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/cars/tesla-buyer-politics/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/cars/tesla-buyer-politics/ind... > Surveys by research firm Morning Consult show that in January about 22% of Democrats were considering buying a Tesla, while 17% of Republicans were looking to purchase one. And that gap has been closing — Republican consideration of buying a Tesla has risen about 3 percentage points just since December's survey. And Republicans are slightly more likely to trust the Tesla brand, 27% compared to 25% among Democrats.
- panick21_ 4y agoIll tell you a little secret. You live in a bubble and 90% of costumers don't give a shit or know about the culture war battles on twitter. And another thing, most people in the world don't give a shit either, and Tesla sells most of their car not in the US. Tesla base of costumers if far more then the online techno crowd. The are a global car maker that is most strongly associated with electric vehicles. And most people probably don't even know that fact. > you'll be filing for bankruptcy protection before you know it MMhh given the companies growth and demand shortfall, pissing of existing costumer base because of some tweets is miles away from causing bankruptcy.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
- markus_zhang 4y agoI don't like him and I don't think he is that important to Tesla and SpaceX nowadays. But he did contribute at least at the beginning.