This year Elon had a massive performance bonus tied to stock value. The required value was so insanely high that when it was set and made public, some analysts thought it was a PR stunt. But the stratospheric rise of Tesla stock meant that he actually achieved this goal.

I'm not saying that there's definitely something nefarious there, just that there were some perverse incentives that make the situation feel a little bit suspicious.

But Tesla was also another "meme stock" that /WSB has loved to promote.