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Elon alienated the majority of the side of the political spectrum that actually can afford his vehicles. He then went on throughout Europe backing majority disl

by SEJeff 2y ago

Elon alienated the majority of the side of the political spectrum that actually can afford his vehicles. He then went on throughout Europe backing majority disliked right wing parties and utterly tanks his sales in Europe as well. This isn't really recoverable. If the board had a spine (they don't), they'd fire him and find a new CEO.

noworriesnate 2y ago
Is there evidence that left wingers tend to be more as affluent than right wingers? Genuinely asking.
- marcosdumay 2y ago
  Yes. Highly educated people tend to the left, and education is highly correlated to income. But both correlations reverse after some level of wealth.
- evilduck 2y ago
  Not really anything dramatically lopsided, but potentially the opposite of their assertion: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-family-income-home-ownership-union-membership-and-veteran-status/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship... I can't find a source right now but I think there's some lines to draw between jobs we consider "prestigious" and party affiliation but it's not the same line to draw with wealth, i.e. a professor is considered a more prestigious role than a plumber even though the plumber likely makes more.
- rtkwe 2y ago
  Even absent the income differences the main market has been the left in the US and the US right has been explicitly anti-EV for years.
- palmotea 2y ago
  > Is there evidence that left wingers tend to be more as affluent than right wingers? Genuinely asking. Yes, just read the articles about the Democrats losing the working class. There's lot of evidence and analysis in them on your very question. IIRC, the Democrats have been tuning more and more into educated, affluent people, and those people have been tuning into liberal positions on culture war issues. These are the people who inhabit the influential positions of the party, and they set the agenda to resonate with themselves (e.g. student loan forgiveness). That caused them to lose sight of the traditional working class, and thus shed working class support.
phillipcarter 2y ago
They can't fire him though. Tesla has been a meme stock for years already precisely because of him, and if Elon was out of the picture, it'd drop massively in value.
Galanwe 2y ago
The board won't do that because Tesla is also overvalued because of Musk to begin with.

by SEJeff 2y ago

noworriesnate 2y ago

Is there evidence that left wingers tend to be more as affluent than right wingers? Genuinely asking.

marcosdumay 2y ago
Yes. Highly educated people tend to the left, and education is highly correlated to income. But both correlations reverse after some level of wealth.
evilduck 2y ago
Not really anything dramatically lopsided, but potentially the opposite of their assertion: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship-by-family-income-home-ownership-union-membership-and-veteran-status/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/partisanship... I can't find a source right now but I think there's some lines to draw between jobs we consider "prestigious" and party affiliation but it's not the same line to draw with wealth, i.e. a professor is considered a more prestigious role than a plumber even though the plumber likely makes more.
rtkwe 2y ago
Even absent the income differences the main market has been the left in the US and the US right has been explicitly anti-EV for years.
palmotea 2y ago
> Is there evidence that left wingers tend to be more as affluent than right wingers? Genuinely asking. Yes, just read the articles about the Democrats losing the working class. There's lot of evidence and analysis in them on your very question. IIRC, the Democrats have been tuning more and more into educated, affluent people, and those people have been tuning into liberal positions on culture war issues. These are the people who inhabit the influential positions of the party, and they set the agenda to resonate with themselves (e.g. student loan forgiveness). That caused them to lose sight of the traditional working class, and thus shed working class support.

phillipcarter 2y ago

They can't fire him though. Tesla has been a meme stock for years already precisely because of him, and if Elon was out of the picture, it'd drop massively in value.

Galanwe 2y ago

The board won't do that because Tesla is also overvalued because of Musk to begin with.