So he’s trying to kill his own company? I feel like Elon more than anyone bought the lie that the us government was universally overgrown and bloated and could easily withstand being stripped, which is obviously not the case
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But he didn't say he will...
And who just holed that ship below the waterline?
He, Trump, and the Republicans.
It's a single car company. World economy doesn't depend on Tesla's success. Not even the American economy. If Tesla dies, it's just a canary in the coalmine for much, much bigger economic problems. Like, you know, how they put dipshits in the White House, or something. So it's kind of interesting that Elon has a moment of lucidity here, because no one around him seems to realise how screwed they are.
Reread that sentence there
“If I drive us all off a cliff, I won’t be using my eject button”
Even in his expressed delusions, he continues lying to everyone else
a rat is suppose to flee a sinking ship, not sink with it. maybe if you wernt on drugs 100% of the time.
The rat is trying to convince us it is the captain.
Fuck off and die Elon.
I hope he gets assaulted by a Gorilla. RIP Horimbae.
Just gotta love the sudden change in demeanor in the pictures of articles regarding him.
Destroying the country? Laughs and jumps. Losing everything he "worked" for? Serious face.
Bye Elon get out of here.
He’s like the bad guy from titanic
I didn't watch that movie was it the iceberg?
There's the guy who urges the captain to increase the ship's speed, so they can arrive a day early and impress everyone that the "unsinkable" ship is also super fast. And then sneaks his way onto a lifeboat at the end, when they're only supposed to be taking women and children. Arguably a parallel to Musk in that he's partly responsible for the sinking of the ship.
Much more prominent is Rose's (Kate Winslet) rich scumbag fiance who refers to Jack (Leo DiCaprio) as a "gutter rat", responds to "half the people on this ship are going to die" with "not the better half", tries to bribe with cash one of the men loading boats in order to secure himself a slot, and ultimately manages to get on a boat by picking up a random crying child and claiming it as his own. Much more like Musk himself, but not really a parallel in having resposibility for the ship sinking.
At least the converse isn't necessarily true
I was living under the idea that the Load bearing snake oil salesman of the American Economy was Sam Altman.
It's because the company is fully subsidized by carbon credits and government funding. The crazy brand valuation is based on fully autonomous driving and person less cabs which will never happen at Tesla.
a.k.a government handouts
And vibes, don't forget how the traders love their vibes!
I wonder who’s fucking fault that is
Well yeah, it was the US that put 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs and demanded allies also slap high tariffs on Chinese EVs. Without this, Tesla would be more than trampled in those markets. Also, the only reason why Tesla turned a profit in Q1 2025 is because of the carbon credits that the US government gives it. Without billions upon billions in US government subsidies, Tesla wouldn't exist.
he should be thanking obama for his survival.
Tesla board is not doing it's job if they don't replace Musky
Is that a threat...?
Stop, I can only get so erect!
I'm sick of Elon's bitch ass face.
Exactly! I'm ardently waiting for someone to dirt nap this clown, so I never have to think about him again.
He's scared to take a shit without an armed guard. Aparently, conveying this information counts as inciting violence on reddit. I just publically imagined having to stand there and listen to that flabby windbag take a shit and declared he couldn't pay me enough. He thinks everyone else is as greedy as he is, and in his shitty vampire circle, he's pretty much right. You couldn't pay me enough to kiss that ass. My self respect is not up for sale
I would genuinely rather live under an overpass than have such a horrible job as having to work directly for that monster.
Also, it makes sense he would have such a fear of the bathroom; rats, snakes, specialized robots, and tentacles (in Futurama) can all make their way up into a toilet through the sewer system.
Edit: I just realized elon's ketamine addled brain might genuinely worry that the sewer mutants from Futurama might pull him down there.
Sorry buddy, but the US has seen bigger industries rise and fall in its time and survive. Your one company will be a blip.
Other way around.
He didn't say that Tesla going down would bring the US down. He said that the US going down would bring Tesla down.
The context here was him saying that he couldn't justify spending all his time at Tesla, since his expertise was required to keep America from going down.
Funny how he's figured that out after it happens.
Are you maining with a lemmynsfw account?
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We bought a Hyundai EV. Would have seriously considered a Tesla, but.
Model 3 was my next car for years. Now it's the Ioniq 6. I'm just so grateful that we are only now able to plan a car purchase this year, and not in the last 2 or 3 years where we would now be stuck in a Tesla.
That's exactly what we got, an I6. Love it.
I have an ioniq 2017 hybrid and its still going strong. Have only done oil changes and tire replacements. Super happy with the car.
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