Posted on 07/07/2023 11:01:16 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
World's richest man pledges allegiance to socialism, alongside other billionaires
Elon Musk, cisgender slur demarcator and world’s richest man, runs a little car company called Tesla. Tesla sells cars in China, where the EV market has seen months of constant price cuts as part of an ongoing war for sales numbers. But now, thanks to a letter from China’s government, that price war may be over — all in the name of socialism. Or, thanks to Musk, it may not be going anywhere.
Earlier this week, Tesla signed on to a letter from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology alongside 15 other electric automakers. The letter directed automakers to stabilize their prices, ending the pricing war in favor of “core socialist values.”
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So much for Elon being a champion of free speech!
Do anything, say anything, to make a buck. Remember, Elon is a libertarian capitalist to the core; he doesn’t have to live in China to care what that country or government does, as long as it doesn’t interfere with his notions of personal liberty. As long as he can live where freedoms are still being provided, i.e., the USA, he can do business with other countries regardless of their practices/systems. An elitist to the bone. A brilliant one, but in the end, still an elitist dabbling in the world as his oyster. Just sayin’.
I have had my doubts that he was for a very long time. Maybe he is, as long as he agrees with it. I have held that he is a huckster for at least 20 years. There has never been a gooberment handout he didn’t like from the outset and he rode that tide and still does. He is a socialist as long as he can be on top of the heap just like most true socialists.
A worthless pledge, that even he knows, he has no chance of success in that endeavor.
Off Topic:
I guess that steel cage judo match with Mark Zuckerman was not a serious challenge. Mark may be a reptilian dork, but he has years of experience in that martial art. He would twist tie Elon like a Belgian waffle.
Can you name one successful CEO that isn't a huckster (as you are defining it)?
Well, some have suggested they are all at least sociopaths and narcissists but the two seem to go together.
So, NO.
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