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I'm still waiting. If you can't articulate what's "political" about the article then what you can do is admit your mistake and apologize to me.

You have the opportunity to show some integrity here, dang. Take it.

dang, by all means, point out and detail the "political" content of this article.

> Of course GM still sells way fewer cars than Tesla!

GM sells more cars than Tesla, fewer EVs.

Tesla won't be able to fix the brand damage while Musk remains at the company.

The battery charge curve is not flat. It will peak and then taper.

> It can apparently outrace a Porsche 911, while simultaneously towing a Porsche 911.

There's no value in believing Tesla's lies:

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-cybertruck-beast-vs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3H8--CQRE

It's such a dumb thing to lie about but lying is just part of the company culture at Tesla. Here's the lead engineer of the Cybertruck trying to rationalize the lies:

https://x.com/wmorrill3/status/1746266437088645551

When not even your engineers possess basic honesty then you've got a sick company culture.

Nope. Here's a corporation that tried to restrict speech and failed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

Nowhere in your quote does it say it only applies to government. It only says that government won't make laws restricting it. It is intentionally elevating freedom of speech to a precept that is fundamental to the constitution of the state.

You have people in this thread asserting that freedom of speech is an inherent right while simultaneously supporting a corporation's ability to infringe that right and suppress speech through petty punishments.

Your main problem is that you're misconstruing the nature of freedom. Freedom isn't merely freedom from things, it's also the freedom to actually do things.

And who in your mind maintains and upholds those rights? It's state institutions.

The judiciary is a branch of government.

You can assert rights but if you don't have those rights in practice then the assertions don't help you.

It is protection by the state. It is how the state is constituted. It's what the state means and offers. It's what the state is for and what, in principle, the state does.

If the state doesn't in fact do these things then you have a different state and the constitution is just a piece of paper.

> This is not a 1st amendment issue.

It absolutely is. Freedom of speech means free speakers. If you're going to face petty punishments for the rest of your days because your criticized the "wrong" people then you are not a free speaker.

If you're serious about a free society that means you have to cop criticism, disrespect, and even mockery, most especially and particularly if you're in a position of power.

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Is OG Facebook the one where Zuckerberg thinks Facebook users are dumb fucks?

https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-im...

Why should anyone "trust" him? He doesn't want that trust.

They've also been targeting cruise liners for the fava beans and chianti.

There are no goal posts. There is only who and what Musk is.

And then the ADL immediately regretted it:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5103537-adl-whic...

You lie down with dogs, you get fleas.

It's who Musk is. It's who he wants to be.

> It was a Roman salute.

Roman salute, fascist salute, Nazi salute. It's the same thing.

These guys certainly think so: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-mus...

And so does this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1i68puj/have_we_l...

> Why is that?

It's the fascist salutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc

It's the excuses he makes for Hitler: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/musk-holoc...

It's the interference in foreign politics: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/25/elon-musk...

It's saying Canada is not a real country: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elon-musk-canadian-citizens...

And so on and so on. Take your pick. There's lots to choose from. He's determined to damage the Tesla brand and he is succeeding.

Except J.D. Vance is an adherent of Yarvin's ideas and Vance is in the government:

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrif...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/18/jd-vance-w...

They've been talking about ignoring court rulings for years. Now they're in a position to actually do that.

It may well happen soon that they ignore a Supreme Court ruling. It depends how far they think they can push it.

And polygraphs, of course, don't work: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lie-detectors-dont...

They can't fix the brand damage while Musk remains at Tesla. And even after he leaves the "swasticar" epithet is going to stick.

Apple sure needs to fix up the Windows implementation of Apple TV. The UI is clumsy, it redraws and repositions its views unexpectedly, and the video frequently halts for no apparent reason during playback.

Better software would encourage more uptake beyond Apple's platforms.

Makes sense. Musk believes America is full of entitlement and complacency whereas China rocks: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro...

Musk has pledged his commitment to China's core socialist values: https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-signs-letter-pledgin...

Musk won't activate Starlink in Taiwan because China doesn't want him to: https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversat...

And Musk wants Taiwan to submit to China's aggression: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/08/elon-musk...

> I find it hard to believe that the nazi salute was on purpose

Musk did it deliberately, he did it with gusto, and he did it twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc

It's who he is. It's who he wants to be.

The aim of dismantling government capacity is to make government profitable for oligarchs. And once government is profitable for them they will never want to give up that profit and power.

> Elon Musk sought to reassure Tesla Inc. employees that despite “rocky moments,” they should “hang onto” their stock

The stock is overvalued and disconnected from Tesla's performance as a business. Musk went out of his way to create brand damage for Tesla and the brand is now toxic.

How much time does Musk spend at Tesla these days? Tesla employees have been calling him a "pigeon CEO" for a year now:

https://electrek.co/2024/04/22/elon-musk-pigeon-ceo-former-t...

Charles Darwin did. He came out alright. New editions of On the Origin of Species addressed the criticisms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species#Publi...

Charles Darwin will still be remembered long after Paul Graham is forgotten.

Everyone else cares. xAI uses mobile natural gas turbines which are inefficient and polluting:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2025/03/17/power-h...

> easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine

Eh, America's pushing Russia by giving Russia everything it wants?

> Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX and the brainchild behind the Department of Government Efficiency

A brainchild is not something you are, it's something you come up with or produce. DOGE is Musk's brainchild.