But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly donating $45 million a month of his money to the pro-Trump political action committee American PAC.

`Nuff said. CEOs are often Republican, but to be this outspokenly political is normally a bad thing for CEOs like Musk. Media company heads (and Twitter/X is a media company) are supposed to at least pretend to be neutral.

And catering to the far-right seems like a bad idea if your company makes EVs. But what do I know?

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      Man, I’d feel soooo owned if they did that. Ugh, what if they all went out and got solar, too? Then we’d really be fucked. What are we, if not a bunch of electric car driving, latte drinking, solar panel punks? At least we’d still have the lattes, I guess.

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        Can’t we just tell them getting power from the grid is Socialism so they will think putting up solar panels is the way to keep power in Texas, Florida… Most anywhere without having to rely and the government. You know, like becoming free from energy dependence or something.