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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You know what's horrific and evil? Cutting Medicaid and social security for millions of people because your billions of dollars isn't enough money to make up for the fact that you're a giant man baby.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm still not convinced that isn't just insurance fraud to try to recoup some money for junky cars no one wants while pretending he's a political victim.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good luck getting that proven in a court

[–] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does any of court even matter anymore when the president is in your back pocket?

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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He assumed his opponents would kill random people instead of targeting his property.

He probably can't even comprehend a worldview where people prefer to attack wealth over taking another human being's life.

[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That would require empathy, which he considers a weakness. So he probably is genuinely baffled by this.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The best thing about this is that Tesla is massively overvalued. Like, the stock price is more than 20x what it should be based on Tesla's earnings.

If Tesla had a reasonable value, then hedge fund managers and other rich people would probably be buying it while it was temporarily down and getting rich as it went back up. But, with it so insanely overvalued, it's much more likely they'll short it or buy put options and hope to get rich when it finally crashes.

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Relatively speaking, Tesla is far less overvalued than in the past.

At one point their market cap exceeded every other automaker in the world COMBINED.

That might make sense if they were making unprecedented loads of money but of course they got trounced in sales compared to Toyota then and now.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, it was at something like 30x overvalued, now it's only 20x overvalued.

Glad you mentioned Toyota. Their P/E ratio is approximately 7. Tesla is approximately 100. If Tesla were a well run car company with a lot of good vehicles and an anonymous CEO who nobody hates, the fair value of their stock would be about $14 per share. It's currently $236 per share.

Someone is going to make mountains of money shorting Tesla stock, but unfortunately it's going to be someone rich. The market can remain irrational much longer than normal people can remain solvent. Some rich dude is going to take the risk though and make out like a bandit.

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

NOOOOO don't look at P/E ratios (the auto sector has always had extraordinarily low P/E ratios) you have to look at relative PEG ratios!

At least that was the copium years ago. Now that their sales growth has petered out globally (even before all of the President Musk backlash) and China has free-money'd their way to a technological advantage for EVs I don't even understand it anymore. The other automakers are either caught up or rapidly approaching and the thing I've been saying for years (PHEVs are superior to BEVs for most people) is being proven true.

Before I called it hysteria and FOMO and blind optimism but now I just don't get it.

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How the hell do Elon and other oligarchs feel so safe to call for a literal civil war? He thinks the other side cares more about fighting Joe Bob more than the billionaires? Such strange delusional behavior

[–] afronaut@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Historically, that is how elites have always maintained their power, so yes. It’s just a lot more difficult to 1) mobilize an overworked and comfort-seeking populace, and 2) we are more interconnected than ever before.

The power of propaganda is being seized by the people. We create the content. We cover current and localized events (in actual real time) because it’s our actual communities. We know who is who and what is what.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like it when Nazi man-children cry.

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[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has he even said 'Thank You' ONCE yet??? So ungrateful...

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And he's not wearing a suit either

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[–] Nemean_lion@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The funny thing is the first tweet was right, just wrong in his intention. I don't see this ending without a civil war.

[–] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

It's what they want. They are gambling on it.

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[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

“Oh no, the consequences of my actions!”

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

😭🎻

https://www.marinelink.com/news/elon-musks-firm-buys-two-offshore-rigs-484690

https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/1/25/elon-musk-s-gas-drilling-plans-in-texas-meet-legal-resistance

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2025/03/17/power-hungry-ai-data-centers-seek-more-quick-and-dirty-mobile-gas-turbines/

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-s1-5088134/elon-musk-ai-xai-supercomputer-memphis-pollution

🎻😭

I will say though, I've been suspicious he's had long standing plans to just dump Tesla at some point in the near future anyway. I'm hopeful the point he was planning to jump ship and sell off his stock has gotten beyond his control and he can't do it without majorly fucking himself over.

Aside from everything else he's done to get deeply involved in the oil and gas industry, what made me really suspicious was when DOGE removed all EV charging stations from federal buildings for not being "mission critical."

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-government-removing-ev-chargers-from-all-federal-buildings-because-they-are-not-mission-critical-2000566987

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

I love that we have found a way to hurt him, keep it up.

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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Does anyone else think the "happening in my town of (insert town name here)" is a bot account he set up to blow up small isolated incidents?

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[–] Soulg@ani.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Property damage is not violence, say it with me now

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"it with me now"

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[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Personally i think the level of violence could be a little higher still... Or way higher! Burning megafactories levels of higher.

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[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

If he thinks civil war is necessary but doesn’t think corporations will be casualties… then what does he define as civil war? Where less important things die? you know, those umm.. soft gelatinous things. People, yes people are expendable.

This soft and gelatinous thing looks forward to a place to expend his umm, anger and frustration.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Musk: "Civil War is Inevitable!"

People destroy his company's products.

Musk:

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

We brought him a little taste of civil war. He's just mad he's on the losing side.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Common Sense Skeptic's videos sure are fun to watch again.

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It would make my year if he cried live in an interview where it dawns on him that he's the cause of his own demise. But he's not smart enough.

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