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A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen

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1367 points kwindla | 4 comments | 25 Apr 25 15:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source
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theshrike79 ◴[26 Apr 25 08:41 UTC] No.43801919[source]▶
And the worst thing is that Elon could've been a living legend by building/funding colleges and schools focused on the tech his companies need, software development, robotics etc. Or even given out million dollar scholarships for the very top students.

And he still would've been worth over 250 billion easily.

Instead he chose to buy the president and start "optimising" the government with AI.

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le-mark ◴[26 Apr 25 11:39 UTC] No.43802715[source]▶
Elon has proven to truly be the dumbest smart guy ever. He alienated Tesla’s core customers; tree hugging liberals, and anyone who cares about sustainability. The GOP nor their voters care and never will. I called this Tesla stock crash months ago; did not act on it though.
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1. gosub100 ◴[26 Apr 25 15:54 UTC] No.43804675[source]▶
The fact that so many "climate activists" and environmentalists turned on him confirms my suspicion that they didn't think so highly about the earth or climate change in the first place. They care about partisan politics and their tribe more than the planet.
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2. josv ◴[26 Apr 25 16:44 UTC] No.43805132[source]▶
Be wary of confirmation bias. I don’t find it unlikely at all that Tesla owners have sincere environmental goals that could be overshadowed by other concerns. Let’s afford each other the grace of being rational expected utility maximizers.
3. zzzeek ◴[26 Apr 25 17:37 UTC] No.43805549[source]▶
He spent hundreds of millions to get Trump elected, so that now the EPA is gutted, the closing of coal plants has been halted, and federal lands are set to be drilled and mined into oblivion. This is what climate activists correctly opposed and continue to oppose in opposing Musk.
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4. gosub100 ◴[26 Apr 25 18:48 UTC] No.43806130[source]▶
He made cars that people actually like, that don't emit any CO2. But he doesn't signal from the right tribe, so everything he's done is worthless.