I'm not sure what you mean by Tesla's EV fantasy being a bust? In the last decade they've got from delivering 75k cars a year to delivering 1.8m cars a year. It's not a fantasy, it happened. Now, the stock price isn't based on the reality of the fundamental economics of a car company, but they didn't fail with EVs, they succeeded.
The fantasy was that Tesla would somehow become the only electric car maker, or indeed the only car maker. This was obviously stupid, but it was the only way that the valuation would make any sort of sense.
> I blame the Left for being completely intolerant of anyone and any company that doesn't strictly adhere to their ideology.
This is deeply, deeply silly to assert in 2025 as the right attempts to shut hobble the Ivy League, the NIH, prominent public policy law firms, green card holders writing op-eds, etc.
Obama pushed for EV credits which allows Tesla to make any money.
Obama pushed for Commercial Crew Contract which allowed SpaceX to get Gov. contracts.
And Trump is trying to undo that lol ...
Also there's like 300 million people in the USA. You could definitely find at least a dozen "left" serial killers. Doesn't make it representative of registered democrats.
This isn't about ideology. It's about Musk behaving like a toddler. No way I'd make such a significant purchase from a company led by someone that volatile.
“The Left” bears sole responsibility for this? I don’t think so. If some of us find this man some kind of a Nazi and genuinely creepy, we have a named syndrome now?
Musk chose to visibly support causes I personally find repugnant. I’m not intolerant; he can do what he wants within the confines of the law. And surely given his much-vaunted genius, he must realize that symbols are important to people whether the actions they take on account of them are rational from a purely economic point of view.
The progress he made on electric vehicles is laudable. The real shame here is his lack of self-control to focus on his business.
> Shame it all got so political. I don't blame Musk for that - he is just a CEO who is open about his politics. I blame the Left for being completely intolerant of anyone and any company that doesn't strictly adhere to their ideology.
You don't blame the man who did a Nazi salute on stage at a political rally?
