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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 1 minute ago) (3 children)

He'll still own *the largest share of Tesla so it won't change anything.

*Corrected my post but the point remains: he controls the company and their image to such a degree he has to be asked to step away, all in an effort to improve his fortunes primarily.

[–] mildlyusedbrain@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Musk gets his money from Tesla, and somehow manages to control the company with his minority stake.
The stock holder confirmation of the insane bonus to Musk is evidence of that.
The other investors may be collateral damage. But that's OK IMO, they support Elon Musk, otherwise they should have gotten out long ago.

The wealth from Tesla is what gives Musk power.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Sure it would.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 25 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My prediction is that musk will eventually step down blaming the terrorist left. He'll use it for Twitter fodder for a while, then he will completely defeat the purpose by admitting on Rogan that he's still getting all the money via a pass through person.

[–] Aux@feddit.uk -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why would he need a "pass through person"? Man, the ignorance of lemmings is incredible...

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 0 points 58 minutes ago

I know, right? Such ignorance. Arrogance, too, I'd say

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Tesla must go down. So long as Musk's wealth is tied to the company his influence will persist.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

His real value is in SpaceX, unfortunately Tesla falling doesn't hurt him much, he only owns 13% of Tesla, but has 42% in SpaceX with much greater voting power. He could take a golden parachute from Tesla, forget about it and use corruption to funnel US funds into SpaceX.

But one thing it does hurt severely... his ego.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago

fine, I won't buy his rockets anymore, jeez.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 hours ago

SpaceX and Starlink next. I'm tired of funding his bullshit with my tax dollars.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 60 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why would Elon want to do that, just to prevent someone else of loosing money?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 33 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If he resigned, kept his stock, and it was led by someone who actually increased the share prices, he’d make a lot of money.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 50 points 13 hours ago

He is clearly someone who wants power more than money. Money is just a way to get more power.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

Would people stop actions against Tesla in that case though? I am hoping we can destroy his wealth, so while him being CEO is a relevant factor, it’s far from the only one.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Give it 3 months.

Once it blows over they'll recover. There's too many examples of other industries doing exactly that... Hell, even Activision Blizzard, famous for Bill Cosby suite, breast milk thiefs, CEO threatening to have his secretary assassinated, sucking up to China etc etc.

People swore off to never touch them again, but they're one cinematic away from being back in the game.

With cars, not everyone can afford new one, so your sample size is much much smaller, easy to "boycott" something you weren't going to buy.

We're under no illusion, people online just want to be part of a movement. But statistically, 80% of people were never going to get one to begin with. And I'm being generous with their marketshare.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

With Activision Blizzard, anyone can say "Yeah, fuck those guys!" then buy the latest game when it releases, and nobody is the wiser.

With Tesla, they're getting vandalized on the streets. Insurance rates are hiking. It has social stigma attached. You can't buy a Tesla and hide the fact that you have it. It comes with social backlash.

Even the folks who had no intention of buying one can contribute to that public sentiment, and as long as that social backlash remains, it'll be effective at dissuading people from buying them.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 13 points 12 hours ago

My attitude is that putting money in Elon's bank account in any way is funding evil, corrupt, and stupid people getting into office all over the world.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 8 points 12 hours ago

If he resigned and divested, maybe. He won't, but maybe.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 28 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

It's a meme coin. Whether or not they sell cars is irrelevant (don't invest in Tesla).

Edit: The share price was 407 5th of November 2021.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Tesla stock underwent a total of 2 stock splits.

The most recent stock split occurred on August 25th, 2022.

One TSLA share bought prior to August 31st, 2020 would equal to 15 TSLA shares today.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

$27.13 a share then?

Edit: . To ?

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like the opposite, on August 11, 2020, Tesla’s share price was trading at over $1,450 per share in pre-market trading, the company executed a five-for-one stock split on August 31, 2020. This means that for every share an investor owned before the split, they would own five shares after the split

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 11 hours ago

"Chainsaw!"

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago

No. Don’t step down you Nazi pig. Ride this wage right down to bankruptcy. I do not want you to resign, keep your shares and earn more from it. You deserve nothing.

Please stay on as CEO. I suggest everyone sell their Tesla shares. Not financial advice, but fuck f’elon, sell your stock.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Won’t someone please think of the investors?!

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Give a month will yah? I got puts at 170