This tells me the FUD/smearing campaigns by hedge funds that are (or have been) short Tesla have been extremely effective at brainwashing everybody including th

This tells me the FUD/smearing campaigns by hedge funds that are (or have been) short Tesla have been extremely effective at brainwashing everybody including the relatively intelligent who roam HN. The average (hedge fund owned) media outlet, especially the financial ones, basically read "please remember to hate Elon".