Enough Musk Spam

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For those that have had enough of the Elon Musk worship online.

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Actual free speech means that public figures, like Elon Musk, need to have a thicker skin. They need to recognize that not everyone will publish things that are flattering, and sometimes you just have to suck it up and take it. Or use the fact that you have one of the world’s largest megaphones to… use your own voice to respond. Rather than threatening legal recourse. That’s how free speech works.

What a baby.

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The Headline sounds like a bingo card. RIP

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The article is already 2 weeks old, but I think it got missed before

The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could cripple the government’s ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems.

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Taboola's data, shared exclusively with Axios, shows Musk has outpaced his closest peers — Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — for years, but the gap widened dramatically in 2024.

The spam is already exponential. :(

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alt account is Adrian Dittman

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The tech billionaire supporter of President-elect Donald Trump has written pieces backing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD).

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Billionaire Elon Musk is coming under fire from some right-wingers online over comments he made in support of H-1B visas, non-immigrant visas that allow employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers.

“We don’t want or need to turn this country into India,” reads one viral response to Musk’s post.

“America is not your sports team. It’s my home,” countered someone else.

“I used to have some faith in Elon, but after this post I’m done. The mask is off,” slammed one right-wing account. “Elon supports erasing the cultural and ethnic identity of America to help grow his bank account. He’s parasitic and destructive.”

“So why not try to get people from Europe?” replied another account. “Engineers here in northern Europe earn HALF of what US engineers do, yet you keep importing Indians instead.”

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Please understand this post is my personal opinion and is not financial advice. I don't have any investing experience so this could be wrong.

Today I was thinking about Tesla. Tesla's stock has for a long time had some kind of weird cult status among retail investors and the stock has been a lot higher than other car companies for reasons I don't understand.

It seems Musk has alienated everyone with Tesla's cars. People on the left are not going to want a Tesla because it funds Musk's far right extreme agenda. People on the right are not going to be all of a sudden in favor of electric cars and I know this from talking to Trump supporters in real life.

As long as Musk is running TSLA I don't see how Tesla will be sustainable if no one buys their cars anymore. I predict that as people get more frustrated with Musk the stock will start to go down.

In addition another risk to TSLA is starting to become known for poor quality and high prices. Basically you'll be stuck with an expensive car that most people won't be willing to repair for you.

Theoretically speaking if there was to be a large scale selling of TSLA and boycott of TSLA it would make Elon worth a lot less meaning he won't be able to influence as many elections.

Perhaps now would be a good time to sell the stock and urge your friends and maybe even hedge fund managers to do the same thing.

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How long until President Musk decides to unilaterally delete the NHTSA?

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Hey, Luigi! I have your next target.

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Elon Musk's extreme agenda is a threat to the world. He helped elect someone who's going to take away our rights and try to become a dictator and despite his wealth doubling after the election his greed and thirst for power isn't and never will be satisfied. He wants to do the same in the UK. Very likely he will try to consolidate and gain power and wealth globally.

I've been brain storming ideas of what we can do to deal with him and here is what I came up with.

  1. Do what you can to get as many people off Twitter/X as possible. Since he has control over Twitter he manipulates the algorithm to boost himself and his interests. It's great if you can tell anyone you know to stop using Twitter but what would have a bigger impact is if large accounts and institutions stopped using Twitter. Try leaving a comment on their page about why using Twitter is bad. This will also have a benefit that other people will see you comment. You can also send a DM to their account.

  2. Try to get your country to ban Twitter/X. There's a petition to get X banned in the EU. This could be important for the survival of your country. Musk could show you propaganda that's bad for your country so banning X would be a good idea.

  3. Contact advertisers on Twitter and demand they stop advertising. Send screenshots of their ads next to neo-Nazi and extreme content to the people who paid for the ads. They will not be happy seeing their ads next to that kind of content.

  4. Mass simultaneous strike or resignations at his companies especially Twitter. I think this one might be the most powerful one. Imagine if most employees all of a sudden stopped working or quit. Maybe a lot of employees could quit and start a rival company. The sad thing about Elon's companies is there are many smart, talented and hardworking people who don't get the credit for all they put into working for Elon. Also I'd highly recommend this article about turnover contagion.

  5. Investigate and sue for any illegal activity. Analyze everything he and his companies do under a microscope and if he did something illegal make sure he faces justice for it. Hold him accountable in all countries, not just the US.

  6. Boycott of his products. Make sure to not only boycott his product but do everything you can so other people also boycott. The less money Elon has, the less power he has.

I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can stop Elon Musk. If you have any ideas on how these ideas could be implemented or have ideas of your own please do share!

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