I bought a used Tesla in 2020. It's been a great car. I will never buy another Tesla while Musk is the CEO. He has a stench I will spend the rest of my life trying to wash off myself. He is an anti-brand and he's wrapped himself around Tesla like a python.
I'm not worried about things happening to me and you know that.
It's pretty clear from what I wrote: I'd be tacitly supporting our Vogon overlord. Every time I looked at it I'd feel like crap. It would be like driving a kick me sign, a turd, or a dead fish. It would be a humiliation on wheels. I don't want Musk's miasma clinging to me.
How do you feel about Mercedes, Volkswagen and BMW? Those are off limits too right? Henry Ford, might want to look him up too. Look up Rick Wagnoner who's decisions actually cost lives. Katsuhiko Kawaso look up. Audi CEO. If you're not buying a car from a company who's CEO might have said things you don't agree with a few times, you might have to ride a bike.
Are you being serious here? Those companies have moved past the things you're implying. On the other hand you have the CEO of Tesla dismantling US institutions as a shadow president and doing nazi salutes. You must be trolling or be incredibly dense.
I like to ask rather than assume. One answer is maybe you think the money will be used to do evil.
I don’t really think that’s true. We know tesla is a large company and most of that money will be going to employees and a small percentage to shareholders (this board contains many).
So what I suspect they mean is they are concerned about their personal image which is why the “stench” imagery was used.
Do you seriously believe that most of “that money” will go to the employees?
Big chunk of the revenue might go to employees but Tesla is massively overvaluated company whose market cap is dominated by fictitious capital not tied to any real asset. Its hype believe magic money - a big speculation. And none of that money ever goes to any employee. It all goes to shareholders.
If anything by buying Tesla you are helping to keep this hype alive.
> Do you seriously believe that most of “that money” will go to the employees?
Yes I just looked at their 10k.
80% of the cost of the Tesla is materials and manufacturing (small part of that is employees). Of the remaining 20%, 10% goes to sales and marketing and R&d, where labor is the dominant cost (employees).
