Eh, I know nuanced viewpoints around billionaires aren’t appreciated on the corporate web, let alone the fediverse, but I really don’t think it’s as simple as that. Why did Tesla succeed where other EV companies failed or floundered? And why did Tesla, the company behind the ultra-desirable Model S and its peers, produce the unsellable Cybertruck and fire the entire Supercharger team?
CEOs set the direction and drive the company to deliver on that. And Musk has lost it - from 95% genius and 5% mad to 95% and 5% genius. I honestly feel sorry for him in many ways - which I fully appreciate is a lot easier to say as a non-American right now! He will probably never again know true love or be considered an inspiration to the smart people he seems drawn to. He’s thrown his lot in with a bunch of bastards who would gladly tear down everything he’s built up. I am 100% confident that I will live a happier and more fulfilling life than him, as poor and stressed as I am. Poor sod.
As the edgelord he is, I hope he’ll appreciate his inevitable future epitaph: “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Super dicey spot. I expect they’re watching very closely, though. The moment Musk’s presence becomes a long-term net detractor he’s done. Right now there are too many questions still unanswered - does his DOGE stuff (I can’t bring myself to call it “work”, sorry) and closeness to a not-uncorrupt administration benefit Tesla in some way? Does the Cybercab launch deliver on the hype? And does the new Model Y reclaim the spot of best-selling car in the world, making the case for the production-switchover leading to a drop in sales, or is there no way back to the top?
Money talks, and right now money is watching and listening. Jobs was fired from Apple, remember.