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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by Forgeties79 on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:15PM (#50396101)
The weird contradiction of musk is that his name is what’s propping up most of his companies/projects but his proximity to his companies is also a threat to them.
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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by cmrdporcupine on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:02PM (#50396786)
Only because the "product" has become the stock, not the cars.

If Musk left, the stock would crash. But the company would be profitable.

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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by Forgeties79 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:56PM (#50397515)
You’re right but so many companies are about the stock and not any sort of core product anymore. He’s got a very unique gravity well around him lol
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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by dimaggiosghost on Saturday November 07, 2026 @01:37AM (#50402202)
You put it better than I could have.

It makes for an interesting argument why executive comp should be capped - so they can focus on the product as the product (to benefit consumers) instead of the stock as the product (to benefit execs especially in short term)

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