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by jiofih 1917 days ago
Concerns like this are why I think he considered taking it private again. He can personally not give a fuck and decide to pull out of China anytime, but being a public company and “acting in shareholder’s interests” might get in the way of ethics...
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Wait, are you implying Musk would move out of China, but the shareholders would want him to stay? You do realize he's done nothing but praise China right? Let alone that much of Tesla's funding would dry up if he "went private".

The reality distortion field around musk is insane...

The parent comment was hypothetically China becoming hostile to Tesla. Under that condition yes, I think my comment stands.
I'm not sure how pulling out the plug is more ethical than selling a gimped version of the product because of the local laws.
highly doubt that since he’s sucking at chinas teet for tesla