All my favourite CEOs inauthentically mirror the perceived beliefs of their customers in order to sell more products.
Also, other CEOs who might share those beliefs are at least intelligent / savvy enough not to voice them openly. Being so stupid or arrogant that you would proudly display those beliefs is seen almost as worse by many, so he doesn't do himself any favours with that.
I agree. However, hoi polloi don't evaluate others based on the objective validity of their beliefs, but rather whether they share the same beliefs, however stupid.
Like, I believe flat earth beliefs are stupid. Do people that hold them believe my beliefs in that area are stupid? maybe, but I'm pretty comfortable with that.
Right.
Elon dug his own grave by having severe narcissistic personality disorder, always need to be front and centre of the daily discourse and happens to show his real right wing face now. A face that is anthesis to his customer base.
And I LOVE that Musk defends freedom of expression. I LOVE that he defends free market economics and border control.
I assure you I am MORE likely to buy a Tesla because of Musk.
We can do better than pigeonhole all EV customers into a single political tribe.
As long as that expression is in line with his values and doesn't criticize him? That isn't "free" speech he's defending.
We ban accounts that post like this, so I need to ask you to stop.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
We ban accounts that post like this, so I need to ask you to stop.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Thank you for admitting this.
I will be more wary of this site than I already was.
When unqualified idiots blindly give medical diagnoses on the Internet, it tends to be a projection of their own shortcomings. In this case, it just makes the brain dead ableist commentary even more embarrassing and stupid. And yes, it's stupid. [1] Do not mistake this as an ad hominem attack, it's a deliberate response of derision suitable for such vacuous and blatantly erroneous commentary.
Instead of celebrating Elon's success and being a role model for others with disabilities, all I see are most pathetic people imaginable forming a shit circle to punch down on someone for their immutable traits.
But the not-smart ones are so entertaining that I can support them!
Wouldn’t Elon Musk be the definition of “smart CEO”? Considering his track record?
Express to who?
Who do you express your sincerely-held beliefs to? To your friends and family or do you often get on a soapbox/roof-top/social media platform and just start yelling?
Musk’s been doing the latter, and CEO or not, it comes with consequences that are directly proportional to the size of the megaphone.
But all of the "big three" US automakers have laid off thousands of workers in the last few months. Tech companies have laid off hundreds of thousands.
Tesla is both, so isn't it likely that they're dealing with the same forces that caused layoffs at other companies?
This discussion seems like several people with pre-existing (and oft-repeated here) grievances twisting evidence to fit their theories instead of forming theories based on the facts.
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(Another fact to consider: in addition to the widespread layoffs already mentioned, there's also growing competition from hybrid makers.
US automakers race to build more hybrids as EV sales slow
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-aut... )
> assuming Musk is the problem
The answer, of course, is "all of the above".
Yes, Tesla is subject to the same forces as other car companies.
On top of that, some percentage of potential customers refuse to buy Teslas because Musk personally tainted the brand.
And that second factor could easily explain the difference between a 5% drop in shipments and their actual 13% drop YoY.
If you have a Tesla, get the suspension checked at least twice a year, and after hitting any pothole. A broken suspension can kill you.
With that info, you can easily forecast that the tech they are testing in the Cybertruk will be the foundation for the 25k car.
There's a basic principle as old as time which goes something like "never discuss politics, religion, and sports with co-workers". The reasons are obvious.
What kind of absolute moron is going to assume the public face of a few fragile companies and insist on making broad gratuitous ignorant public statements on each and every single one of these topics, sometimes bundling a bunch of them together?
Also, although I would never own one, I truly enjoy seeing Cybertrucks out in the world; they're so novel and iconoclastic and have character that so lacks in modern mass-manufactured vehicles, but it looks like they might also be a sucking wound on the company.