“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”


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    3 months ago

    i legitimately don’t understand why this is happening other than maybe he gets more lobbying power over this guy for less money than a democrat

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      3 months ago

      He thinks if the Republicans win then they will let him do whatever crazy thing he plans on doing without any oversight.

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      3 months ago

      Maybe he’s trying to corner the EV market through the Republicans. If the Democrats make it more attractive for all manufactures to make EVs, Tesla loses

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        3 months ago

        Looking at the Cybertruck, I think his plan is simply to destroy EVs. Same thing as Twitter.

        Both companies are/were evaluated way higher than what they are worth and purchased with loans that are completely insecure, but costing very real interest.

        It also looks as if Elon is doing a little totally legal “asset stripping” of the goodwill by paying out huge options to himself before the companies eventually go bust. I would not be surprised if the Saudis or other co-investors are footing the interest on the loans in the meantime. It’s a small price to pay to get rid of those companies obstructing their business.