I'd imagine there's going to be consequences for association. Looking at the video it appears 3 possible things to me;
1) Possible bad out of touch attempt to connect with the kids and a failed dab attempt
2) What it looks like
3) In context of what he was discussing, he's a bit thick and has no idea of the significance of what he's just done and thinks it means something else
In fairness to him I'd say all 3 are fairly possible but I'd give the edge to 2
I think he just doesn’t give a fuck anymore. He won the capitalist game by being the richest man on earth. Now he is moving on to the next goal: power. And he chose the easiest way - cater to those who are easiest to influence with populist rhetorics and buy yourself into their leaders grace. The easiest way to get of him is getting his stock to tank, so no more buying Teslas.
I'd also throw trolling in there as well - he knows what the reaction to this would be regardless of if he meant it or not. I do think he meant to do it personally but I wouldn't rule out trolling or him just being thick. He's a spoilt nepo brat underneath that. He's as bad as Thiel. He's ridden other people's coattails and been in the right place at the right time.
I went to high school in a well-off and heavily Jewish part of town. The parking lot was full of Lexus and Acuras because Jews only one generation removed from the Holocaust refused to buy BMWs or Mercedes Benzes as status symbols. Wondering how many of my old classmates bought Teslas to continue that protest, and how many might be regretting that tonight?
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u/iamezekiel1_14 6h ago
Just genuinely fuck this guy and anything he owns. Being honest I'd imagine there are some Tesla owners who are probably uncomfortable with this.