'The Cut Off For Those 'I Bought This Before I Knew Elon Was Crazy' Stickers Is 2018' [View all]

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"How long did it take you to figure Elon's deal out?"

"Elon Musk is a salesman, and recently he’s been selling two things: Electric cars and eugenics-backed fascism. His pitches for the latter have gotten loud enough that folks who bought into the former can no longer quietly ignore it, which has led to all sorts of Tesla owners plastering their cars with stickers that read some variation on 'I bought this before Elon went crazy.' Here’s the thing: I don’t think they did."

"In 2018 we got the launch of the Model 3 in all its tent construction, bumpers falling off, panel gap glory. Tesla’s clothes were looking a bit transparent, and Musk started pulling his personal mask off. He was reading cult media (not the fun 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' kind), getting paranoid about sabotage at Tesla’s Fremont plant, and most famously calling the diver who saved a cave-trapped soccer team a pedophile. This wasn’t a one-off tweet, this was a genuine belief that Musk backed up multiple times and eventually faced a lawsuit over — a suit that revealed Musk’s larger distrust in the media, which would eventually lead to his takeover of Twitter and reorganization of that platform to benefit the far right."

"The Musk of 2018 was a man who reportedly aggressively pursued whistleblowers, and who famously tweeted that he had 'funding secured' to take Tesla private at a price allegedly chosen in an attempt to impress electronic musician Grimes with a weed joke. This was the year where Musk grew beyond the position of 'space and EV guy' into being a a person known for his antics, a move that made the world worse for everyone."

"If you purchased a Tesla after this, you really should’ve known what you were getting yourself into. The dam broke in 2018, and the years that followed brought more and more groyper-tinged fascism that led straight to today: A world where Elon Musk controls the Treasury Department of the United States of America. If you drive a Model Y or Cybertruck — both vehicles introduced after Musk’s heel turn — your lack of knowledge about Musk’s actions is on you."

https://jalopnik.com/the-cut-off-for-those-i-bought-this-before-i-knew-elon-1851757974