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To be fair, he did make a prediction before the election that the DOGE cuts will cause some financial pain.

Too. Fucking. Bad.

But consequences aren’t supposed to affect him. That’s why his identity is wealth.

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Are you sure this one fits in? Why, of all the communities, choose this one specifically?

Has he tried not being a nazi bastard?

I’m finding this funny/interesting. Because normally I think consumption boycotts don’t really work that well as a strategy since it takes a lot of people not buying the thing to affect big companies and big companies tend to have so many products people need that it can be hard for a lot of people to completely avoid them.

But Tesla is in a uniquely terrible position for withstanding such a boycott. They sell one big ticket product market substitutes and its success depends almost entirely on its brand. They’re status symbols. They’re virtue signals for climate consciousness. (without you know, actually supporting real solutions like mass transit) And before people noticed how much of a shitbag Musk was, they were associated with his cool Tony Stark tech persona.

Then Musk put himself into a position where anyone who was able to ignore his nonsense before definitely couldn’t now. So this company that was almost entirely dependent on people liking Musk enough to think the cars were cool now loses most of that market appeal.

I hate the schadenfreude journalism. I will never meet this guy, I don't care how he feels any more than some random South Dakotan. The reason he's relevant is his outsized impact on government and the country, tell me about that.

Wish their stock would plummet 71%

he's depressed because as a millionaire he made slightly less money

i'm depressed because i'm queer and autistic and a rich evil fuck in government is killing queer helplines and putting autistic people on kill lists.

we are not the same

The weird thing is that this weirdo has more money than it is even possible for him or us to comprehend.

He could lose 99% of his net worth and still be one of the richest men alive.

He got what he wanted. He wants to bow out before the blowback. Do not trust anything this fascist says.

Not sure what he thought would happen when an electric car manufacturer aligned with the "we love fossil fuels" party.

Saw a great take earlier on another website.

The guy who said he was going to "cure us of the woke mind virus" is now saying he's getting out of politics because "people were being mean to him."

The irony.

Hit him right in the wallet. He keeps it in his heart.

these contrived reports of him quitting politics or being depressed to try to get some sympathy and stop the stock selling are pathetic. He's never cared about anyone else, even his own children, and he still absolutely does not. He's a spoiled psycopath who thinks he can manipulate people.

I love that for him <3

If the news could just never pay any attention to that little freak again all would be well in the world. I'd also love it if Lemmy could stop posting stuff about him!