>It's not cognitive dissonance. Then what is it? I'm no fan of Musk and friends and what they're up to but Tesla making the same cars of about the same qualit

>It's not cognitive dissonance. Then what is it? I'm no fan of Musk and friends and what they're up to but Tesla making the same cars of about the same quality since before Musk became the bad guy and everything associated with him became tainted. The way Tesla turned on a dime from being lauded by every idiot with an internet connection like Toyota to being derided like the Stellantis brands despite no substantive change in their products and offerings really lays bare the degree to which people lack principals and let their assessment of what is good and bad, right and wrong, or serious and trivial, blow in the wind based on the parties involved.