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submitted 3 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/teslamotors@lemmy.zip

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There are signs the billionaire is becoming unpopular with the very demographic group most likely to buy EVs

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What gets me is that he’s hitched himself to the MAGA ride when the other way would’ve been far more lucrative in the short and long term.

Big brain dude

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, build an expensive high-end product, then alienate all the "elite" who would buy it. Brilliant business plan.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Um, I hate to burst your bubble but I live in a pretty well-to-do county and it's only after he went fascist that Teslas started taking off here.

Might want to consider reading up on the petite bourgeoisie and their role in the rise of Nazi Germany.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But far less conducive to his pathological narcissism. In maga he can cultivate the personality cult he so desperately craves.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

He used to be tech jesus which would have only grown had he not went off the deep end!

Maybe it’s the brain worm. Or maybe it’s all a deep ruse to convert the cult to electric for the good of humanity. The coal rollers