With any luck Elon with be in jail in a few years when Democrats try to prove we shouldn’t abandon this socio-political system entirely.
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 hours agoI mean, “stealing” is a strong word. Elon bought them out, and they’re both enjoying a net worth in the hundreds of million.
What’s more disturbing about Elon’s tenure as head of the company is how social media manipulation, insider trading, and blatant SEC violations can pump a company’s valuation into the stratosphere.
Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard both continued to contribute advances in engineering that far exceeded the Tesla project. But they’ll never have the kind of easy credit Elon secured through politics and media manipulation.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
That would require a backbone not seen in democrats in generations. I’d bet money on him being a free man and never seeing the inside of a cell.
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
There’s’a always another’a way’a. Let’sa gooo!
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
That will never, ever, ever happen. Dems love an oligarch just as much, if not more, than republicans. China is the only country that prosecutes wealthy criminals.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
China is the only country that prosecutes wealthy criminals.
Unfortunately they also lockup anyone they just kind of don’t like for any arbitrary reason.
not_me@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Like the states
verdi@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Like hispanic looking people! Those darned Han Chinese!!!
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I was pointing out a difference in the way America does things. If I started listing things both have in common, the list would literally never end
regedit@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Don’t forget the genocide!
Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Well, then I hope you guys are ready for a revolution unless you’re fine with a Blade Runner esc hellscape.
Azal@pawb.social 3 hours ago
Don’t worry, we won’t get a Blade Runner-esc hellscape.
Because Blade Runner for a movie had to give us a fascinating world that was interesting that even as a hellscape there was a “Man, it’d be cool to be there.”
No, our hellscape is going to be more like how fast food restaurants all look the same now, the corporate architecture version of taupe agreed to by committee.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
“Bought them out” is a weak word too though. He placed loyal people on the board and had them vote to give him control of the company.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
He could place loyalists on the board because he bought a controlling interest in the company.
The latest compensation package has virtually unattainable sales targets. And the compensation is almost entirely in equity that assumes a monumental increase in stock valuation.
If he can manage it, I’d be tempted to say he earned it, except I know he’ll only “hit” the target by lying and market manipulation that will collapse as soon as he hits his mark.