Earlier this year, Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk promised he wouldn't be giving any money to either Donald Trump or Joe Biden.Musk sounded adamant, tweeting, on March 6, "Just to be super clear, I am not donating money to either candidate for U.S. President."But Musk later changed his mind, reportedly d...

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?

  • eldaviEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The only people who think that Teslas are cool are Tech-bros, who are overrepresented in social media.

    i think this answers my question; i’m a software developer and all my colleagues & bosses think tesla’s are awesome and i mostly follow tech influencers on social media.

    maybe it’s a good thing that i this job market is forcing me to go back into IT; i’ll run into fewer tech-bros.