• @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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    08 months ago

    They can’t because the Musk personality cult is pretty much the only thing keeping the company viable at this point. They are absolutely fucked.

    • @ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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      08 months ago

      I see this repeated a lot but can’t see how it’s possibly the case. Dude has burned so many bridges over the last few years and I can’t say that I ever see anyone actually defend him personally. I think it’s more that his “anti-fans” see any positive comment toward SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, or anything else as someone defending/supporting him when that simply isn’t the case.

      • @thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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        08 months ago

        My boss, who doesn’t even have a Tesla but is a nutty conservative, loves talking about Musk like he’s the modern day Henry Ford.

        • @rusticus@lemm.ee
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          08 months ago

          This comment is, in a nutshell, why Tesla is fucked. Conservatives will never buy electric until after Tesla is long dead so hitching your wagon to them is suicide.

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            08 months ago

            Sure, but it’s not just Elmo’s NüFascist Clownshow Bonanza that’s the problem - he also makes horrible decisions and is a truly terrible “leader”.

            • @rusticus@lemm.ee
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              08 months ago

              Those horrible decisions are a minor contributor to the mass exodus by Democrats, who are the vast majority of Tesla owners.