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I honestly think a key ceo skill in this day and age is managing to side step every single culture war issue, and unhelpfully for Tesla, Elon seems to disagree with me (though clearly working out for him personally)

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Yep look at Sundar Pachai or Tim Cook, they just always go with the flow, that's the way I prefer my CEOs when I invest in corps. It's up to a democracy to fix itself, not corporations. I don't need culture wars in corporations, those need to happen at the voting booths, Washington DC, and protests.

>I don't need culture wars in corporations, those need to happen at the voting booths, Washington DC, and protests.

given America these days: what's the difference? Elon bought the election for much cheaper than Twitter.

Well, I don't think most folks could name a CEO of another car company. So they seem to be doing fine in that category, but maybe not gaining any marketing advantage? I guess a great trick would be for a CEO to have a large social media presence but still side step culture war issues?

> Well, I don't think most folks could name a CEO of another car company.

Yup, and I don’t care. I liked the brand better without the drama queen.

I mean, knowing the CEO of a car company only seems to be working against that car company. He's not exactly known as "The Tesla guy" anymore.

> I guess a great trick would be for a CEO to have a large social media presence but still side step culture war issues?

Most CEO's these days do, yes. Maybe not "large" but a noticeable precense.

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