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It's almost impossible to have a rational discussion of anything Tesla now. The words Tesla and Elon bring far too much toxicity.
by throwaway7ahgb 2y ago
It's almost impossible to have a rational discussion of anything Tesla now. The words Tesla and Elon bring far too much toxicity.
- rayiner 2y agoI struggle to understand the negative reaction to him online. I don't like him because he divorced the mother of his children and throws out pie-in-the-sky projections about his businesses. But those are forgivable sins in Silicon Valley. And even though Musk writes many checks he can't cash, it's impossible to deny that he pretty much single-handedly restarted commercial space travel and EVs as American industries. The best selling car in the world in 2023 was American, not Japanese or German or Korean. That should make up for a lot of unkept promises about FSD, etc. At the root of the Musk hate seems to be the fact that he (loudly) doesn't subscribe to a handful of political positions that some folks have adopted as axiomatic in their moral worldview. They essentially see him as a heretic, and attack him for stuff that others get a pass on. I mean, Zuckerberg made his billions spying on everyone and destroying the mental health of teenagers. His businesses have a tiny fraction of the socially redeeming value of Musk's. But Zuck doesn't get a fraction of the hate Musk does.