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[–] [email protected] 170 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Nobody at Tesla headquarters voted to alienate their customer base. No board meeting decided to turn their electric car company into a political lightning rod.

This is technically not true. The board keeps Elon Musk on as CEO of Tesla, and they granted him the biggest bonus package ever, while he was already very controversial and clearly was losing his mind, because they thought he would be able to make them money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

You are 100% correct. They knowingly doubled down on him. They can all ride his coattails straight to hell.

[–] borth 69 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You're right, that's not just technically untrue. The board voted with their wallet, by giving him even more money than ever, so he could continue doing what he is doing. The people on the board wouldn't give a shit if only Nazis buy their cars, as long as there's enough of them to keep buying.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Well joke's on them though, because it seems Musk has found a way to tap US citizens directly, so he probably doesn't even care much about Tesla anymore now that it is failing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

I think his worth is mostly attached to Tesla stocks still.