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sop

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6. Good point. Musk seems more shapeshifter than ideologue.

Reply to Claustrum (Reply #2)

Wed May 18, 2022, 08:52 PM

May 2022

He marketed Teslas as cutting edge, forward-thinking vehicles for well-to-do progressives who value technology and science, then cultivated his boy genius, climate saviour image to appeal to these EV buyers. People saw what they wanted to see in Musk.

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Elon Musk full on truth denier... [View all] SleeplessinSoCal May 2022 OP

Did anyone really think the richest man in the world wasn't a Republican? sop May 2022 #1

He at least pretended to be a democrat Claustrum May 2022 #2

I wonder if he truly weighed the downside to this move on his business... SleeplessinSoCal May 2022 #5

Good point. Musk seems more shapeshifter than ideologue. sop May 2022 #6

Poor Elon lost 12 Billion Dollars today so he's a little cranky... LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #3

Probably trying to use the old diversion tactic. SleeplessinSoCal May 2022 #4