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> A substantial portion of Elon Musk's company's funding comes from "tax money" (Goverment contracts, EV credits, tax breaks, subsidies).

How much? Sounds more like a talking point than an actual honest critique.

I mean, oil companies get massive subsidies and we spend trillions to go to war to keep the petroleum industry ascendant.




Oil is the lifeblood of the US economy.

In times of economic recession, we often blame the government and get rid of them.

We've clearly signaled with our voting patterns what we want and government has delivered on it - a reliable supply of oil to power the economy. But that's not enough we also demand "Big Oil" act as our sin-eater; thus our souls are pure because Shell takes on the stain of our sins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin-eater


> Oil is the lifeblood of the US economy.

Currently. But given the externalities, it could be a net negative.

> We've clearly signaled with our voting patterns what we want

I think recent elections and upcoming elections will signal differently. Smart money will make bets accordingly.

In other news, TSLA is +50% in last week, and +100% in the last month. Something happening here.




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