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Is Tesla gonna become a Defense company?

by PaywallBuster 4y ago

pelasaco 4y ago
You mean America must bring democracy to Iran ASAP?
- kevviiinn 4y ago
  Round 2... Or 3?
RobotToaster 4y ago
Musk already admitted to being involved in one Coup https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/elon-musk-confesses-to-lithium-coup-in-bolivia-20200725-0010.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/elon-musk-confesses-...
- dontlaugh 4y ago
  He could be bragging about something he didn't do. But it's bad enough that he'd want to be involved in a coup.
- px43 4y ago
  He made an insensitive joke tweet when people were accusing him of getting lithium from Bolivia. Last I checked, Tesla denied sourcing any lithium from Bolivia, and no external investigators have managed to show a connection. He deleted the tweet as soon as his ambien/amphetamine cocktail (or whatever tf he's been on lately) wore off.
  - Adraghast 4y ago
    For the record, I agree it was probably a joke, albeit one that reveals something true about how he and people like him view the world. But if the idea is that Musk personally supported the coup because the Morales government wouldn’t hand the rights to Bolivia’s lithium reserves over to US firms, Tesla not using batteries made with Bolivian lithium would be expected.
- recuter 4y ago
  Confirmed Musk is a Couper. And such a dumb one at that, implicating himself in tweets! Egads! You're on to a scoop!
- panick21_ 4y ago
  This just nonsense. He was clearly joking. Bolivia doesn't really have a serious lithium industry and they are and were a long way away from having it. The whole idea that any of this has to do with lithium is just a lie made up by Bolivan politicians to play on the old (true) stereotypes. And it clearly worked, that story always sells well and of course the American leftist picked it up and just ran with it, weather true or not. Musk or Tesla has literally 0 reason why they should be interested in Boliva. They have never before or after had any interest in Boliva. Boliva is not special, its just one of many place that have lithium and have politicians making a bigger deal about it then it actually is. Musk has been telling people for 20 years now that lithium is plentiful and that anybody who thinks it isn't, is a fucking idiot. This is just on of those stories where a bunch of fake claims, and few jokes (or comments in bad taste) lead to a one of these viral stories that since then has been taking on a mythical status ever expanding status. To the point where I read people actually believing Musk himself was basically organizing the coup himself (amazing that he can lead multiple companies and overthrow governments at the same time).
e12e 4y ago
Nah, Starlink is already a defense company.

Is Tesla gonna become a Defense company?

pelasaco 4y ago

You mean America must bring democracy to Iran ASAP?

kevviiinn 4y ago
Round 2... Or 3?

RobotToaster 4y ago

Musk already admitted to being involved in one Coup https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/elon-musk-confesses-to-lithium-coup-in-bolivia-20200725-0010.html https://www.telesurenglish.net/amp/news/elon-musk-confesses-...

dontlaugh 4y ago
He could be bragging about something he didn't do. But it's bad enough that he'd want to be involved in a coup.
px43 4y ago
He made an insensitive joke tweet when people were accusing him of getting lithium from Bolivia. Last I checked, Tesla denied sourcing any lithium from Bolivia, and no external investigators have managed to show a connection. He deleted the tweet as soon as his ambien/amphetamine cocktail (or whatever tf he's been on lately) wore off.
- Adraghast 4y ago
  For the record, I agree it was probably a joke, albeit one that reveals something true about how he and people like him view the world. But if the idea is that Musk personally supported the coup because the Morales government wouldn’t hand the rights to Bolivia’s lithium reserves over to US firms, Tesla not using batteries made with Bolivian lithium would be expected.
recuter 4y ago
Confirmed Musk is a Couper. And such a dumb one at that, implicating himself in tweets! Egads! You're on to a scoop!
panick21_ 4y ago
This just nonsense. He was clearly joking. Bolivia doesn't really have a serious lithium industry and they are and were a long way away from having it. The whole idea that any of this has to do with lithium is just a lie made up by Bolivan politicians to play on the old (true) stereotypes. And it clearly worked, that story always sells well and of course the American leftist picked it up and just ran with it, weather true or not. Musk or Tesla has literally 0 reason why they should be interested in Boliva. They have never before or after had any interest in Boliva. Boliva is not special, its just one of many place that have lithium and have politicians making a bigger deal about it then it actually is. Musk has been telling people for 20 years now that lithium is plentiful and that anybody who thinks it isn't, is a fucking idiot. This is just on of those stories where a bunch of fake claims, and few jokes (or comments in bad taste) lead to a one of these viral stories that since then has been taking on a mythical status ever expanding status. To the point where I read people actually believing Musk himself was basically organizing the coup himself (amazing that he can lead multiple companies and overthrow governments at the same time).

e12e 4y ago

Nah, Starlink is already a defense company.