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Pretty sad seeing people take pleasure in the company failing. See past your opinion about it's leader. At the end of the day, it's the company that brought vehicle electrification to the masses and has acted cash cow for SpaceX, Starlink and Neuralink.

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> See past your opinion about it's leader.

This is like asking Mrs. Lincoln what she thought about the play. The scope of the (financial and physical) damage by Musk's government meddling is breathtaking, is ongoing, and will echo for generations.

He's not just the leader, he's the primary beneficiary, and he's a blatant white supremacist. He's arguably responsible for the deaths of over 1 million people world wide from his short tenure shutting down USAID[0]. So yeah, I'd say its more than fine to take pleasure in his failings.

[0] https://www.cgdev.org/blog/update-lives-lost-usaid-cuts

Is Tesla really failing? They have $40 billion cash at hand. More than some legacy automobile market cap.

They're clearly not failing, but if you read comments here or on reddit, lots of people want them to, and have wanted them to for a decade.

Not nearly as sad as people getting emotionally invested in corporations.

Add why should anyone look past their opinions about the leader?

We have the saying “the fish rots from the head” for a good reason. Tesla has been rotten ever since Elon got involved.

> Add why should anyone look past their opinions about the leader?

Because it's the most advanced car manufacturing in the US... Virtually the only successful EV maker outside of China, and it provides over 100,000 jobs worldwide.

Actions have consequences. Maybe an upshot of this is that people will learn not to put all their eggs in the POS’s basket.

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