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[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 75 points 6 months ago (39 children)

I think a cybertruck would have been more appropriate. A lot of people bought a model X before we knew he was a nazi. Granted the X is still a bad car imo.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 76 points 6 months ago (23 children)

But other Tesla models are still selling much better than the Nazitruck. If we want to make a point and make a dent in Musk's profits as he strips our country for scrap metal and fires everyone, we need to discourage people from associating with anything that gives the bastard more money/power.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You have my full support and i fully agree on your last point but in nuance Tesla could go bankrupt and Musks wealth will hardly make a dent. With a budget of spending a mil a day it would still take centuries to blow trough all his money.

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Isn't most of his wealth in stocks? If investors think Tesla is a bad stock (because no one will buy the cars), then Musk is poor.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Actually you are correct. I thought i had found a number for his liquid money but it wasn’t.

Also got a bit hung up on his stake in Tesla being just 13% but with Tesla being valued at ~900B thats still over ~100B of his ~320B “value”

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Sooner than later his shareholders will sue him for burning their money. This should be interesting.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Also worth noting that he's stated himself that his companies' values are all heavily tied together, and that it's a "carefully balanced house of cards". If Tesla falls, so to does everything else.

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is, and crashing Tesla stock will certainly make him less rich. He still has his other shit companies, so crashing Tesla stocks alone won't make him poor, but we might not have to hear quite so much about him.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tesla and space x are the big ones.

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, and a big advertisor exodus from Twitter would help.

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

You didn't hear? They're coming back as "not advertising is more risky" now that he has all this power...

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's not about denting his money, it's about denting his image. Let the free market see he's toxic, and that will send ripples to places even Republicans care about: their wallets. Specifically, it can impact Tesla stock.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Republicans dropped any pretense of caring about free markets. Auto makers were already getting bailed out, and now he's bought the Oval Office.

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