It is clever until he faces some consequences.
Comment on Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants
NutWrench@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Such a “clever businessman.” Embezelling $17 million in taxpayer dollars to enrich himself.
errer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
r1pp0ff@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If* he faces consequences. FTFY
snooggums@midwest.social 2 months ago
Wake me up when he ever faces consequences.
His companies paying fines doesn’t count. Musk paying fines less than 1% of his net worth don’t count either.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 months ago
Buying Twitter was, arguably, a consequence.
snooggums@midwest.social 2 months ago
I thought that at first, but he seems to have emjoyed killing it and reanimating the corpse as whatever the hell ‘X’ is supposed to be.
Wrench@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Which, even if it went directly into his pocket, doesn’t even move the needle for him.
Like another layer said, his goals are more likely politically aligned. He wants EV infrastructure to fail to show libtards are squandering tax money. Self fulfilling prophecy and all that.
Why the tesla board hasn’t sent him packing yet is beyond me. There must be some golden parachute clause that would be very expensive, but he’s doing massive harm to their brand that it must be worth it to cut him loose at this point.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He’s stacked the board with his friends and family. They’re not going to raise the chance of it themselves.
Our only chance is/was actions by activist investors. I suppose I would have been considered one of those until yesterday when I sold.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
His board is full of friends, family, and other sycophants.
Shareholders won’t vote Elon out because he is sadly the one reason its so highly valued, and if he goes, the stock price does with it. They won’t do anything until the company is on fire, and its not yet. We’re getting there.
Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Elon isn’t the one reason. Tesla stock skyrocketed in value the moment Bill Gates and other hedge funds announced they are shorting the stock.
Other hedge funds decided “I will take that bet” and here we are.