The bay area has always been a hotspot for radical activism.
I lived in CA for awhile and couldn’t take it, so I left.
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Tesla would have gone bankrupt like 10 years ago. I mean just last quarter Tesla barely made a "profit" and it was due to selling credits to other auto-makers and posting incredibly suspicious financials (e.g. doubling the number of factories while posting no change in their OpEx).
For someone who has built all of his companies thanks to government funding, Elon sure has been biting at the hand that feeds him.
Being rich, I can afford the regulations. A new immigrant? Not so much. And if my poorer immigrant competition starts climbing up the ladder by ignoring the regulations, I can report them and have them shut down.
How low of an IFR would it take before you accepted that exposure? Would incidentally exposing them to the common cold be ok?
It's not the infections that matter - it's the deaths. And, with Tesla's 10k factory workers and the assumption that they're heathy people between 20 and 60, you'd see somewhere between 1 and 50 deaths. (Assuming that Italy's health care worker CFR is representative) Is this worth it? I don't know. But there's a point where it would be.
> How low of an IFR would it take before you accepted that exposure?
If we lived in a sane world that valued EVERY individual human life above the self-serving dreams of an egotistical, arrogant sociopath, the answer would be zero.
> Would incidentally exposing them to the common cold be ok?
Such a question screams for a sarcastic answer: in case you haven’t noticed, Covid-19 is not the common cold.
I was unaware that Tesla workers were slaves. Unless they aren't - in which case they would have the option to not return yet.
> If we lived in a sane world that valued EVERY individual human life above the self-serving dreams of an egotistical, arrogant sociopath, the answer would be zero.
Well, factories kill people in accidents. Not often, but it happens. Does that mean we can never reopen factories, even without disease?
> Such a question screams for a sarcastic answer: in case you haven’t noticed, Covid-19 is not the common cold.
No, it isn't. But this is a thought experiment - and an example of orgs willingly exposing masses of people to a disease.
What is important is that (a) it is voluntary and (b) it is disclosed.
Your comment is very insensitive. You come from a position of priviledge. Not everyone has the option to stop working. People have mouths to feed. Debts to pay. Parents to support. I am sure there is more than 1 tesla worker that is anxious to return back to work.
Why would you hold them back? Do you really think you know better than the person affected ?
Is it really bad to have unregulated food? Is it really bad to have regulated legal service? Unregulated medicine? The poor might have a difference of opinion on the flexible trade between money and life.
But since the Bay Area practically bans new construction of housing and infrastructure, you get the overcrowding, stress, and income disparity instead.
Frankly, it's hard to fathom how any auto production line would want to make it's home in the Bay. Halfway to Sacramento, sure. But Freemont? I don't understand.
Occam's Razor, is there a giant media conspiracy against a single company (whose continued existence creates content for their company) or workers rights are being infringed upon for profit.
> Occam's Razor, is there a giant media conspiracy against a single company (whose continued existence creates content for their company) or workers rights are being infringed upon for profit.
I'd say Occam's Razor says that a company making headlines makes more money for those companies so any kind of dirt that can be found will be found no matter how insignificant.
California's OSHA is definitely more strict and inclined to slap fines than other OSHAs.
It would seem that the largest car manufacturer in the state would tend to be overly represented among CA car companies?.... So whats your point? How about national, or per capita stats, to back up your claim
But now the Dems have a supermajority in the legislature and a democratic governor so there is no longer a check on the wackiest policies.
Plus the fact that we’ve always had state propositions that come direct from the people, a system now being efficiently abused by special interests. The number of ridiculous propositions has gone way up, and most people vote just based on the title.
It’ll be interesting to see if there is a course correction in the next few elections.
I'm not exactly sure I'd call Baker a Republican -- he's further left than many Democrats. He is apparently what they call a RINO (Republican In Name Only).
Like CA, Mass. also has a super-majority of Democrats at the state level, in fact there are many state & local offices that don't even have more than 1 candidate running for them.
Though I agree, the best thing to do if you disagree with the policies is to walk out, and it will probably help with the craziness (and not only with the governmental craziness)