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by richardw 939 days ago
There are definitely times I’ll take on a personal cost because of my principles. But he’s pretty far removed from your actual life and there are other factors. There are good people in the company and it’s the best current shot at competing with eg China. Fair chance almost all electric cars are made by China in 20 years. I’d rather deal with a flaky CEO who also happens to generate massive economic benefits for my country. (But that’s me, obviously everyone has that choice to make. And if Tesla was Russian I’d be right there with you so maybe I’m full of it :)
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> There are good people in the company

There are a lot of reports that he doesn't treat employees well, at Tesla as well as Twitter.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23833447/tesla-elon-musk-...

I say some of A are good. You say B is bad to A. Those two statements can both be true.